List of Backyardigans episodes
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This is a complete list of episodes from The Backyardigans
animated TV show.
On occasion, the UK version of the show varies from the US version, usually when a phrase or a snack is mentioned which is not in common use in the UK. These differences are detailed in the relevant location.
Catchphrases in bold indicate they're the episodes main catchphrase which was used at the very end of every episode when characters open the door and quote it.
Uniqua and Austin are brave pirates, who seek a hidden treasure after finding half of a treasure map without knowing that Pablo and Tyrone have the other half, and are also looking for the same treasure.
Professor Uniqua explores the jungle
to return Sherman, the Worman, to his home, while three Tarzan
s Tyrone (the animal guy), Pablo (the very strong) and Austin (who does not say too much) try to warn her about the perils of the jungle, especially quicksand
, which she is mostly unaware of.
Uniqua and Tyrone track Yeti
Pablo through the Frozen North, accompanied by Frozen North expert Tasha, who insists that there's no such thing as a yeti. But Uniqua is an expert at recognizing things in the Frozen North (especially parts of the yeti) causing a conflict between her and Tasha.
While Mounties Pablo and Tyrone defend the snow fort that guards the world's largest snowball, Ski Patrol
members Uniqua and Tasha mistake them for people who need help.
Secret agent
s Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone have a mission: sneak into a museum to return a mysterious item to its rightful owner with the assistance of a Spy Gadget
, a Spy Power Rope
and some Spy Maple Syrup
.
In a haunted house
, ghost
s Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone try to scare unsuspecting stranger Tasha.
Cowboy
Tyrone is on his way to Texas
for a hoedown
, and he comes across a trio of a cowfolk Uniqua, Pablo, and Tasha who are looking for Uniqua's jumprope, reportedly stolen by a bandit. Each character has a horse
in the episode, Harvey (ridden by Tyrone), Pal (ridden by Uniqua), Princess (ridden by Tasha), and Old Paint (ridden badly by Pablo). It turns out that Tyrone was 'actually' the bandit and the one leaving the tracks on the trail!
Princess Cleotasha (played by Tasha), ruler of Ancient Egypt
, and her royal servants Pablo, Tyrone, and Austin seek three presents for the Sphinx
Uniqua in order to learn the secret to restoring the Nile
river's flow. However, there is just one thing: Princess Cleotasha doesn't know how to say please or thank you to her servants after they give her what she wants.
(NOTE: This is the only episode to teach a lesson.)
Queen Tasha is sends Uniqua the pink to take a message to King Austin, who shall make her a knight
if she succeeds. Along the way, she meets the Moose of the Mist (Tyrone) and Pablo the guardian of the gate, who join her quest in hopes of becoming knights too.
Vikings Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone seek to discover uncharted lands, though a mermaid
(played by Tasha) has other ideas.
Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone are castaway
s on a deserted island, and as they struggle to find food and a place to live, they receive mysterious help. Could it be a mischievous intruder, or just a fellow castaway, maybe Austin, who's too shy to say hello to the others?
Two wicked supervillains, Yucky Man (Pablo), with the ability to make things yucky, and Dr. Shrinky (Tyrone), with the power to shrink objects, are intent on stealing the Key to the World, which lies inside the Tower of Power, and taking over the world. Stopping them is the duty of superhero
es Weather Woman (Uniqua), with the power to change the weather, and Captain Hammer (Austin), with the power to build anything.
Four explorers find a mysterious map for the legendary Flying Rock atop Stone Step Hill, but upon disagreeing on what path to choose, Uniqua and Tasha compete with Pablo and Tyrone in a race between desert
and jungle
paths filled with unknown obstacles.
Cowboy
s Tyrone(on tuba
), Cowgirl Uniqua(on clarinet
), Pablo(on accordion
), and Austin(on drums), united by a shared love of polka music need to get to Cheyenne
by sundown in order to play at a surprise birthday party for Sherman the Worman's brother Herman.
Surfer Pablo is on the lookout for Tiki
Beach to ride the perfect wave, but he can't find it. Little does Pablo know that he must learn a lot of radical moves before he can find that place and ride the perfect wave, and he will only do that with the help of other fellow surfers (Uniqua and Tyrone) and a mysterious lifeguard
, Austin.
On the South Dakota
mountains, two brilliant scientists Uniqua and Tasha look for the bones of the legendary Flappasaurus, and while searching, come across two prospectors
crusty old Pablo and dusty old Tyrone, and their pack mule
, Clementine in search of gold
.
Austin has never won a race before, but he is well prepared for the difficult "Race Around the World". He will compete with veteran racers Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone for his first gold medal
. Tasha is the announcer and referee.
Pablo is a (seemingly) fearsome Soccer Monster, who lives in a big castle
but has nobody to play with. Tyrone, a monster detective
, has to enter his castle to retrieve Uniqua's stolen soccer ball.
The Mountain Cave People
Austin and Tasha invite the Valley Cave People Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone to howl
at the moon
when it hits the highest peak. While the three Valley Cave People must get there on time, the two Mountain Cave People must fill their time, all with the help of handy new inventions.
When Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone can not agree on what to do, they let Tasha decide and she leads them on a quest for the perfect cup of tea
that takes them to Borneo
, the Ming Empire (ruled by a grumpy Emperor Austin) and the Gobi Desert
.
Astronaut
s Uniqua, Pablo, and Austin are sent by ground controllers
Tyrone and Tasha to Mars
in a space shuttle
to investigate an odd audio signal. This episode features a guest appearance by Alicia Keys
as Mommy Martian, and Shakira Lipscomb as Boinga.
Samurai
pie
maker Tyrone must train apprentice Austin to make the Great Pie for Empress Tasha, while fending off a raid from pie-stealing ninja
s Uniqua and Pablo (who is always clumsy).
Austin is having his worst birthday ever when his master, Mad Scientist
Tasha, orders him to bring three monsters back to her laboratory Werewolf
Uniqua, Vampire
Pablo, and Mummy
King Tyrone,three scary but cowardly monsters. What Austin does not know is that a big surprise birthday party awaits him when he gets back.
Pablo the detective explores Mystery Manor's mazes and secret passageways to find out who stole Lady Tasha's jewels. Was it Policewoman Uniqua Underhood, Butler Tyrone, or Mr. Austin Frothingslosh?
Luau
Brothers Pablo the Swift, Tyrone the Strong, and Austin (just Austin, for now) have to appease the Volcano Sisters (Uniqua and Tasha) with a special gift to keep them from ruining the big luau with a volcanic eruption. The only catch is, that the Volcano Sisters won't tell them what they want. Austin has a solution, but Pablo and Tyrone are trying so hard to find the most amazing things in Hawaii for the sisters that they aren't listening to him. In the end, he gets the Volcano Sisters what they want: invitations to their luau and placates them. He then earns the title Austin the Smart.
Swamp tour guides Uniqua and Pablo promise to show tourists Tasha and Austin the Swamp Creature, even if they have to trick them when they believe that there's no such thing as a Swamp Creature. Little do they know is that there really is a Swamp Creature Tyrone.
The fable
"The Tortoise and the Hare
" gets the Backyardigans treatment as Cowgirl Uniqua and Jockey
Pablo decide to have a race to see who is the best. Austin is the race announcer. They are joined by a rather unusual third racer: the always calm Farmer
Tyrone and his slow and steady-moving burro
, Molasses. Given that Uniqua and Pablo spend more time trying to outdo each other than race, the winner may not be who anyone expects…
Uniqua, Tasha, and Pablo are a biker gang called the "Do-Gooders". Tyrone is a mailman who is afraid of bikers. While driving along in his mail truck, he sees the Do-Gooders, gets scared and drives off. A bag of mail falls out the back of his truck, which the Do-Gooders try to return to him. Unfortunately, now Tyrone thinks they are chasing him and want to steal his mail.
The very first two-part Backyardigans episode (originally shown as a single hour long episode), and a faithful parody of James Bond
movies, it also has an opening in the style of the episode rather than the regular ones. Pablo is a smooth international agent who likes his apple juice shaken and drives a red automobile/jet-ski/helicopter/airplane. He is hired by Miss "T" (Tasha) to protect three containers from the evil "Lady in Pink" (Uniqua) and her sidekick, Henchman
Tyrone. Austin is an undercover agent, who helps Pablo throughout his missions. The song "The Lady in Pink" features an elaborate 007
-style music video of sorts and pop singer Cyndi Lauper
as a guest star.
Tyrone, the Sultan
of Arabia, has a lot of magical stuff he needs moved from his treasure cave to his palace. He phones Uniqua and Pablo, the Movers of Arabia, to do the job. They are excited, as this is their first job, and, upon arriving to the palace, are given a bottle by Sultan Tyrone containing a genie
(Austin) who will grant them three wishes in case they get into trouble. They end up needing their wishes sooner than they think...
Officer
Uniqua and Sergeant
Tyrone are space cops who must stop Pablonator (Pablo) and T-900 (Tasha) from breaking into the robot
factory and reprogramming all the robots in the galaxy from "good" to "bad". T-900 and the Pablonator don't have a clue that when a robot becomes "bad", their wires would malfunction.
Uniqua loves snow
and wants to know its secret. She is told by a mysterious narrator
(voiced by Austin) that the Ice Lady (played by Tasha) and her good-hearted assistant (also Austin) might know, so she goes to see her, along with cowboy Pablo and Tyrone of the jungle. Tasha thinks they are there to interrupt her work and keeps sending them away to various locations (the desert and the jungle), but with Austin's help, they just might reach the Ice Lady and learn the secret of snow. This is an unusual episode, as the entire adventure is told in storybook format. Because of this, there is no catchphrase and no snack: The storybook closes as the Backyardigans play in the new-fallen snow, ending the episode by wishing the audience, "Happy holidays, everyone!" This episode is generally only televised at Christmas; it doesn't usually show during a standard season run.
Tyrone is Sinbad
the sailor, who sails alone on his quest to find the end of the rainbow
. Pablo is a sailor and Sinbad's biggest fan. He wants to join Sinbad but 'Sinbad sails alone.' Pablo sneaks aboard Sinbad's ship in order to help him. Sinbad finds him, and is forced to let him stay aboard. Comedy ensues, as Pablo's youthful enthusiasm ends up causing more trouble than assistance, but Sinbad soon learns that everyone needs help sometimes. Even himself. Even if it's Pablo. They encounter Siren Uniqua and Medusa
(Tasha) during their search for food and water.
Uniqua, Pablo and Austin are a team of clown
s: 'The Best Clowns In Town'. They're looking for a circus
to work in. Tyrone is the ringmaster
of the local circus, which is packing up to head to the Big City. They ask to join his circus, but Tyrone refuses, because he hates clowns. While he's explaining this, the train leaves without him. Tyrone is furious. Uniqua makes a deal with him: if they can get Tyrone to his train before it reaches the Big City and the circus starts, he'll let them join. Can they do it and maybe teach Tyrone to like clowns, too?
Very determined fisher-lady Tasha is saved time and time again by diligent Harbor Patrollers Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone from shark
s and other hazards. But she still insists on going to the most dangerous places to catch a fish!
Pablo and Tyrone are deep-sea explorers who plan to discover a mermaid
. They find not just one but two (Uniqua and Tasha), who don't appreciate the boys being in their territory and do everything they can to get rid of them, because they think they plan to capture them and ruin their garden.
Uniqua, Tasha, and Austin work for W-IOWA, a news station. Most of their news involves corn and how good the season has been. Tyrone and Pablo are farmers who are proud of their corn crop, but what they phone in to the station just isn't considered news. So, they decide to make some news to get on the air…
Professor Pablo, world famous English bug expert, is hunting the Gilded Gold
en Butterfly
. He chases it all the way to the West where he meets stagecoach
drivers Uniqua and Tyrone and hires them to help him 'catch that butterfly!' But who would have thought catching one little bug would be so much work?
Grumpy Queen Uniqua wants to take a nap, but she can't do that with a huge (but friendly) giant
on the loose (Tasha), so she hires clumsy wizard
s Pablo and Tyrone to get rid of her. They try several spells on Giant Tasha before stumbling on a rather novel solution…
In a story reminiscent of Night At The Museum
, Tyrone is a night watchman
at a museum where the exhibits (Uniqua, a character from an Impressionist painting, General Pablo the statue, and Austocles (Austin), a figure on a Greek urn) come to life at night. Once Tyrone discovers them they play a game of tag and make a mess of the museum but manage to clean up before curator
Tasha returns to find them.
Uniqua is sheriff
of the small Western town of Ping Pong Mesa. Tyrone is the town saloon barkeep, Tasha is the bar-room dancer and Austin is the Deputy. Then, a stranger enters the town: Pablo, the Ping Pong Bandit, who's the best ping pong player in the west. He challenges them to a game of ping pong and, if they lose, they lose their paddles until someone can beat him. Unfortunately, they lose. Finally, Uniqua challenges him and loses as well. She leaves the town in disgrace and, after finding a cactus that looks just like a ping-pong paddle, decides to practice up and return to town in disguise to beat Pablo. Can Uniqua, as the Pink Fury, beat the bandit at his own game and teach him to share?
In this Star Trek
-themed episode, Lieutenant Uniqua, Captain Tasha and Ensign Austin of the garbage collection space ship USS Collector roam the galaxy collecting space garbage. The Moose-ians, Pablo and Tyrone, try to take the garbage away by tricking them with fake distress calls.
Uniqua is a pilot who delivers singing telegrams. She delivers telegrams to grumpy Pirate Moody (Pablo) during ship-cleaning day, Maharani Tasha, who just wants some peace and quiet, and Tyrone the abominable snowman, who just finished making a path through the snow to his cave. Her arrival angers them until she sings her telegram. They want to thank her for making them feel better (by singing back), but she keeps running off because she thinks she's going to get in trouble. Can the three finally catch up with Uniqua to thank her?
Uniqua and Tyrone are the Best Pest Control; they deal with household pests by talking to them instead of exterminating them. Lady Tasha hires them to deal with a pest problem (a worman) before Mr. Spiffy (Pablo) arrives. She's about to become a member of the Spiffy Club and he's here to look over her house. Unfortunately, everything Tyrone and Uniqua do seems to attract more wormans and then Mr. Spiffy arrives! Can they take care of the worman problem and keep Mr. Spiffy from seeing?
Uniqua and Tasha own Chichen-Itza Pizza, in the middle of the Mexican
jungle
. After getting the store set up, they get a call from King Tyrone, who wants them to deliver to his Great Golden Pyramid
. Uniqua, who thinks she knows a short-cut, accidentally goes to the Pyramid of the Earth and sets off a trap, which they barely escape. Can they make it through the Pyramids of the Waters and the Winds in one piece as well, and get King Tyrone his pizza while it's still hot?
Tyrone has lost his lucky penny
. Brilliant inventors Uniqua and Pablo decide it must have fallen to the center of the earth and use their rocket drill to find it. They travel to the bouncy layer of the earth, the slippery diamond layer of the earth, then to the centre of the earth itself to get Tyrone's penny, but somehow their inventions just make things more difficult…
Tasha is the photographer for Bigopolis Big News, but also has a secret: she's SuperSnap, super fast superhero
and Bigopolis' newest hero! The city is under attack by a giant robot
and her boss, Pablo the editor, asks her to get a picture of it and SuperSnap for the front page, but she's so busy helping out resident superheroes Bug Girl (Uniqua) and Captain Bubble (Tyrone) defeat the robot that she forgets to get a photo of herself. Can she help Captain Bubble and Bug Girl and get a front page picture of herself for Pablo?
A two part special shown as an hour long episode that follows the adventure of knights Uniqua and Tyrone after King Pablo orders them to guard an egg, chasing it through the wood and caves of the Grabbing Goblin
(Austin) and the forest of the Flighty Fairy
(Tasha). The egg leads them to Dragon
Mountain to reveal what lies inside. The opening is different, with the theme song done in the style of 70's hard rock
, and the final song features vocals by Adam Pascal
.
Inspector Austin of the Paris police is chasing down Le Master of Disguise (Pablo), who he has cornered on the Orient Express
bound for Istanbul
. All Austin has to identify Le Master of Disguise with is his nasty laugh. Can he ferret out Le Master of Disguise from the passengers of the train, including the Conductor
(Uniqua), a Cowboy
(Tyrone) and Tasha, the Circus Balancer
, before the train reaches Istanbul and Le Master of Disguise makes his escape?
Pablo and Tyrone (the weatherman
and sportscaster
on an Ancient Greek
news station) forecast sunny weather that is perfect for playing basketball
. They are just about to start playing when it begins to rain. They decide to climb Mount Olympus
to ask Tasha, Goddess
of the Weather for sunshine. Along the way they meet and befriend Uniqua, the Goddess of Naps, and Austin, the God
of Laughter. In the end, along with the help of Uniqua and Austin, they end up challenging Tasha to a game of basketball. If they win, they get a sunny day, if she wins, it rains forever…
Under the sea in Atlantis
, Uniqua and Pablo run a dolphin
stable for their employer, Tyrone, the greatest dolphin racer under the ocean but with bad manners. One day, while exploring, Uniqua saves a small (and incredibly fast) dolphin from a giant clam
. Uniqua asks if she can keep the dolphin (which she has named Sea Squirt) and train it as a racer, but Tyrone says it's too small. Uniqua then challenges Tyrone to a race: if she wins, she gets to keep Sea Squirt. If Tyrone wins, she and Sea Squirt have to leave.
Austin the caveman wants a pet, so he goes to Uniqua's pet store and gets a dinosaur
pup. Uniqua warns him that his pup is pretty wild and that he shouldn't take his leash off, but Austin is too far away to hear her. He goes to the park, removes the leash and the pup takes off. Can Austin, along with the help of Uniqua, Pablo the Police Officer and Tyrone the Fireman get his pup back?
Zoid zoid! Overworked rancher Tasha wants to hire some ranch hand
s to help her out. Zuniqua and Zablo (Uniqua and Pablo) from the planet Zorbidor have landed their ship just outside her ranch. Their ship is out of fuel called zum-zum (which we know as pancakes), and they go to Tasha's ranch to search for some. Tasha thinks they're the ranch hands she's looking for and she hires them to help around the ranch for a big plate of pancakes (which is just what the two are searching for). Unfortunately for Tasha, Zuniqua and Zablo's alien abilities and tendency to take orders literally means this will be a pair of ranch hands she isn't likely to forget!
Welcome to the village of Filthingham, the muddiest, filthiest, grossest village in the world. Uniqua, Tyrone, and Tasha wish they could all take baths and be clean, but their mayor, Austin Stinkypants, has forbidden cleanliness and locked all of their soap and shampoo (Including Tyrone's Rubber Ducky and Robin Hood's "Mitty") in the dungeon. To make matters worse, today is the Festival of Dirt, which means everything will be even dirtier. Deciding that enough is enough, Tyrone sneaks out of the town to Purewood forest to find Robin Hood
the Clean (Pablo), in the hopes that he can help Filthingham and it's villagers. Can Robin Hood break the villagers cleaning supplies out of the dungeon so everyone can finally take a bath, and maybe teach the mayor to like being clean too?
Tyrone the paperboy
has a new route through the forest in Fairytale village. There he meets Uniqua the witch (from Hansel and Gretel
), Pablo the giant
(from Jack and the Beanstalk
), and Austin the wolf (from The Three Little Pigs). They want to invite him over for lunch as a sign of friendship, but Tyrone, who has read one fairy tale
too many, thinks they want to invite him as lunch…
Uniqua and a visibly nervous Pablo attend Camp Walkaplanka, Captain Austin's pirate camp. Aboard his ship, Captain Austin instructs the campers in the fundamentals of pirating and they learn to heave-ho, swashbuckle and scallawag. When Austin accidentally steps into the boot of the ghost
Captain Redboots (Tasha), pulling the ship to her island and Austin to Redboots' cave, Uniqua and Pablo have to rescue him. Can they save Austin from the curse of Redboots and show they have the 'piratitude' to become true pirates?
Bonjour! Pablo and Tyrone are the Two Musketeers; Musketeers are full of style, grace, have impeccable manners and can make beautiful balloon animals. They fight against the Empress, whose guards (Uniqua and Austin) pursue them. A masked lady (Tasha) joins with them in the hopes of becoming the Third Musketeer, but Tyrone and Pablo refuse. Later, they are captured by the guards and thrown into the palace prison, where it's up to Tasha to break them out. Can she help them escape and become the third Musketeer? And just who is she behind that mask?
In a parody of Zorro
, Uniqua is the librarian
in Viejo, California
, a job she loves. But, when a book isn't returned on time, she becomes the Masked Retriever, savior of overdue library books! Tasha wants to take out a book that is overdue: Don Austin has it but won't give it back. Can The Masked Retriever, with the help of her black stallion
Toronado, get the book back from Don Austin and his guards Pablo and Tyrone before he crosses the border to Mexico
and escapes The Masked Retriever's grasp?
Roscoe run Rapid Robot Repair in Mega City. Unfortunately, robots never break down, making Austin's job somewhat pointless. Suddenly the robots belonging to Uniqua, Tyrone and Tasha malfunction, along with every other robot except Roscoe. Professor Bug (Pablo) is making all the robots in the city malfunction so he can take over. It's up to Austin, his repair skills and the help of his friends to defeat Professor Bug and fix all the robots in Mega City. Like "Tale of the Mighty Knights", and "International Super Spy", this episode has a special opening, following the assembly of Robot Roscoe to roller disco music. But unlike those two specials, there is no guest star actor.
. The Czar, along with his assistant Pablo Pablovich and his bag with everything the Czar needs, are heading to the Winter Palace
. Tyrone takes a nap on the train and Pablo accidentally releases the train's external brake. Uniqua and Pablo chase the train across Russia on a handcar
, a horsedrawn sleigh and ski
s, but will they ever catch up with the train?
, Uniqua accidentally leaves the cage open, it escapes and gets sprayed with the formula. The worman begins to randomly and uncontrollably grow, causing chaos all across the university. Uniqua gets Groundskeeper Tyrone to help her catch the rapidly growing worman as Pablo tries to create a shrink formula. Just how big can a worman get?
Maverick report for duty to the delivery terminal in the mountains of Norway
where they meet Air Boss Uniqua along with fellow driver Austin and his dragon Windy. As they make deliveries to Cliff Top Castle and the Mountain Mine, Pablo teaches Austin the art of fancy flying. When Pablo gets into trouble delivering a package to the Ice Palace, Austin has to use his newly-learned fancy flying skills to help his friend.
The Boo Crew (Uniqua and Pablo) are spooky-creature hunters, out to nab their first creature ever. But the Boogeyman they've found (Austin) is just a comedian
looking for an audience. Can he convince the Boo Crew he's not really scary and maybe make them laugh, too?
pony
Tyrone enlists the help of the other members of the Adventurers' Club (Pablo and Tasha) to track down the pony. As the Adventurers travel to Tibet
to carry out their search they receive help from a mysterious lady (Uniqua) who tells them they must "Follow the feather".
Sometimes, Christmas
doesn't go as smoothly as it should. When it doesn't, Santa (voiced by Conan O'Brien
) calls on Snappy (Uniqua), Mr. Jingles (Pablo), and Flappy (Tasha): the Action Elves! With their tiny hammers, capable of building anything they need, they spring into action at a moments notice. Santa's sack has been stolen by the Abominable Brothers (Tyrone and Austin) and if Santa doesn't get it back, there will be no Christmas…
As with The Secret Of Snow this episode is usually only shown during the Christmas season.
-like creature called the Flipper whenever he gets overexcited about the meteor. The only thing that calms him back to normal is his teddy bear. Can Tasha and Uniqua keep Pablo from Flipping out long enough to save the planet?
. A boulder breaks loose and threatens to plug Old Gushie and Tyrone calls a superhero for help. Three arrive: Princess Strong Blossom (Uniqua) with her super strength, Pirate Pablo, with his ability to blow powerful wind from his mouth and Jungle Girl (Tasha), with the ability to mimic any animal ability. Can the three of them use their powers to prevent the boulder from plugging Old Gushie, or will the Earth crack in half?
Uniqua and Pablo, the waitress and cook of the Big Dipper Diner ("The best cafe in the Milky Way!", also referred to "The tastiest place in outer space!") are setting up for the day and awaiting their best customers: space officers Tasha and Tyrone. On their way to the diner, the space officers get a warning that an alien named Blaarg who likes shrinking things is in the area. Meanwhile, an extremely affectionate alien named Hugs arrives at the diner who is the same species as Blaarg. Now Pablo and Uniqua have to help Tasha and Tyrone catch Blaarg and keep them from accidentally arresting Hugs — and the fact that both aliens are dressed almost the same isn't making things any easier!
Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone are the world's greatest synchronized diving
team, the Amazing Splashinis. They want to perform their newest and most daring trick, the Sextuple Somersault Splash, but a playful sea monster is taking up all the room in their pool. Can the Amazing Splashinis get rid of the sea monster and do the Sextuple Somersault Splash, or are they all washed up?
The Backyardigans
The Backyardigans is a Canadian/American 3-D CGI-animated children's TV series, created by Janice Burgess. It features five animal children, who imagine that their backyard becomes an adventure place. It is a coproduction of Treehouse TV, and the Canadian animation studio Nelvana. Debuting on...
animated TV show.
On occasion, the UK version of the show varies from the US version, usually when a phrase or a snack is mentioned which is not in common use in the UK. These differences are detailed in the relevant location.
Catchphrases in bold indicate they're the episodes main catchphrase which was used at the very end of every episode when characters open the door and quote it.
Pirate Treasure
Original airdate: 2004-10-12Uniqua and Austin are brave pirates, who seek a hidden treasure after finding half of a treasure map without knowing that Pablo and Tyrone have the other half, and are also looking for the same treasure.
- Written By: McPaul Smith
- Music By: Evan Lurie
- Songs:
- "A Pirate Says 'Arrr!'"
- "Scurvy Pirate" (tune: "Drunken SailorDrunken SailorDrunken Sailor is a traditional sea shanty also known as What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?It begins with the question, "What shall we do with a drunken sailor, early in the morning?" Each verse thereafter suggests a method of sobering—or castigating, or simply abusing—the sailor.The song...
") - "Treasure"
- "Falling Off a Log"
- Catchphrase: "Arrr!" (also: "Half a map is better than nothing.")
- Genre: ReggaeReggaeReggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
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- Absences: Tasha
- DVD: It's Great to Be a Ghost, We Arrrr Pirates!
The Heart Of The Jungle
Original airdate: 2004-10-13Professor Uniqua explores the jungle
Jungle
A Jungle is an area of land in the tropics overgrown with dense vegetation.The word jungle originates from the Sanskrit word jangala which referred to uncultivated land. Although the Sanskrit word refers to "dry land", it has been suggested that an Anglo-Indian interpretation led to its...
to return Sherman, the Worman, to his home, while three Tarzan
Tarzan
Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...
s Tyrone (the animal guy), Pablo (the very strong) and Austin (who does not say too much) try to warn her about the perils of the jungle, especially quicksand
Quicksand
Quicksand is a colloid hydrogel consisting of fine granular matter , clay, and water.Water circulation underground can focus in an area with the optimal mixture of fine sands and other materials such as clay. The water moves up and then down slowly in a convection-like manner throughout a column...
, which she is mostly unaware of.
- Written By: Janice Burgess
- Music By: Evan Lurie
- Songs:
- "I'm TarzanTarzanTarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...
" - "Where in the World Do the Wormans Live?"
- "Into the Thick of It"
- "It's Drizzling, It's Pouring" (tune: "I'm Called Little ButtercupHMS PinaforeH.M.S. Pinafore; or, The Lass That Loved a Sailor is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert. It opened at the Opera Comique in London, England, on 25 May 1878 and ran for 571 performances, which was the second-longest run of any musical...
")
- "I'm Tarzan
- Catchphrase: Tarzan yellTarzan yellThe Tarzan yell is the distinctive, ululating yell of the character Tarzan, as portrayed by actor Johnny Weissmuller in the films based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, starting with Tarzan the Ape Man...
(Austin: "Quicksand bad!", also "Ugh!") (Tyrone: "Professor Uniqua, wait!") (Pablo: "Not that way!) (Uniqua: "That's not very scientific!") - Genre: Gilbert and SullivanGilbert and SullivanGilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the librettist W. S. Gilbert and the composer Arthur Sullivan . The two men collaborated on fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S...
- Snack: Pretzels at Uniqua's house
- Absences: Tasha
- DVD: Polka Palace Party
The Yeti
Original airdate: 2004-10-11Uniqua and Tyrone track Yeti
Yeti
The Yeti or Abominable Snowman is an ape-like cryptid said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, and Tibet. The names Yeti and Meh-Teh are commonly used by the people indigenous to the region, and are part of their history and mythology...
Pablo through the Frozen North, accompanied by Frozen North expert Tasha, who insists that there's no such thing as a yeti. But Uniqua is an expert at recognizing things in the Frozen North (especially parts of the yeti) causing a conflict between her and Tasha.
- Written By: McPaul Smith
- Music By: Doug Wieselman
- Songs:
- "Yeti Stomp"
- "Keep On Snow Going"
- "Row Your Boat" (tune: "Row, Row, Row Your BoatRow, Row, Row Your Boat"Row, Row, Row Your Boat" is an English language nursery rhyme, and a popular children's song, often sung as a round. It can also be an 'action' nursery rhyme where singers sit opposite one another and 'row' forwards and backwards with joined hands...
") - "There's No Such Thing As a Yeti"
- Catchphrase: "Yeti-yeti-yeti-yeti!" (Tasha: "I'm a frozen north expert!" also "There's no such thing as a yeti!")
- Genre: FunkFunkFunk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
- Snack: Hot chocolate at Uniqua's house
- Absences: Austin
- DVD: The Snow Fort
The Snow Fort
Original airdate: 2004-10-19While Mounties Pablo and Tyrone defend the snow fort that guards the world's largest snowball, Ski Patrol
Ski patrol
A Ski Patrol is an organization that provides Emergency Medical and rescue services to skiers and participants of other snow sports, either at a ski area or in a back country setting. Patrollers are trained in Basic or Advanced Life Support to stabilize and transport patients to definitive care,...
members Uniqua and Tasha mistake them for people who need help.
- Written By: Radha Blank
- Music By: Douglas Wieselman
- Songs:
- "I'm a Mountie" (tune: "She'll Be Coming 'Round the MountainShe'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain"She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" is an American folk song often categorized as children's music. It is a derivation of a Negro spiritual known as "When the Chariot Comes"....
) - "Ski Patrol to the Rescue"
- "Snowball Duty"
- "Who Could It Be?"
- "I'm a Mountie" (tune: "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
- Catchphrases: "Mounties on duty!" and "Ski Patrol to the rescue!" (Uniqua: "The ski patrol never gives")
- Genre: Western SwingWestern swingWestern swing music is a subgenre of American country music that originated in the late 1920s in the West and South among the region's Western string bands...
- Snack: Unknown at Tyrone's house
- Absences: Austin
- DVD: The Snow Fort
Secret Mission
Original airdate: 2004-10-14Secret agent
Secret Agent
Secret Agent is a British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on two stories in Ashenden: Or the British Agent by W. Somerset Maugham. The film starred John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Madeleine Carroll, and Robert Young...
s Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone have a mission: sneak into a museum to return a mysterious item to its rightful owner with the assistance of a Spy Gadget
Gadget
A gadget is a small technological object that has a particular function, but is often thought of as a novelty. Gadgets are invariably considered to be more unusually or cleverly designed than normal technological objects at the time of their invention...
, a Spy Power Rope
Rope
A rope is a length of fibres, twisted or braided together to improve strength for pulling and connecting. It has tensile strength but is too flexible to provide compressive strength...
and some Spy Maple Syrup
Maple syrup
Maple syrup is a syrup usually made from the xylem sap of sugar maple, red maple, or black maple trees, although it can also be made from other maple species such as the bigleaf maple. In cold climates, these trees store starch in their trunks and roots before the winter; the starch is then...
.
- Written By: McPaul Smith
- Music By: Evan Lurie
- Songs:
- "Secret Agent"
- "Sneaking and Hiding"
- "The Treasures of Ancient EgyptAncient EgyptAncient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
" - "Laser Beam Limbo" (tune: "LimboLimbo (dance)Limbo is a popular form of dance that originated on the island of Trinidad. The dancer moves to a Caribbean rhythm, then leans backward and dances under a horizontal pole without touching it. Upon touching it or falling backwards, the dancer is "out"...
")
- Catchphrase: "We gotta stay cool" "Secret agents should never get caught " Doo doo doo!" (as well as other spy music sounds; "Shhh!")
- Genre: TangoTango musicTango is a style of ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay . It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons...
- Snack: Brownies at Uniqua's house
- UK Variation: The snack is changed to Biscuits.
- Absences: Tasha and Austin
- DVD: The Snow Fort
It's Great To Be A Ghost!
Original airdate: 2004-10-25In a haunted house
Haunted house
A haunted house is a house or other building often perceived as being inhabited by disembodied spirits of the deceased who may have been former residents or were familiar with the property...
, ghost
Ghost
In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to...
s Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone try to scare unsuspecting stranger Tasha.
- Written By: Jonny Belt
- Music By: Doug Wieselman
- Songs:
- "It's Great to Be a Ghost"
- "What's So Scary About That?"
- "Hide and Go Boo"
- "When I'm Booin'" (tune: "When You're SmilingWhen You're Smiling"When You're Smiling" is a song by Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, and Joe Goodwin , and made famous by Louis Armstrong, who recorded it at least three times, in 1929, 1932, and 1956...
")
- Catchphrase: Tyrone: "Boo!", Tasha: "Eek!", Tyrone: "Hee hee hee"
- Genre: 1920s jazz
- Snack: Apples at Pablo's house
- UK Variation: The snack is changed to Peaches.
- Absences: Austin
- Note: Pablo, Uniqua, and Tyrone are transparent and ghostly blue
- DVD: It's Great to Be a Ghost!
Riding The Range
Original airdate: 2004-10-15Cowboy
Cowboy
A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of...
Tyrone is on his way to Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
for a hoedown
Hoedown
A Hoedown is a type of American folk dance or square dance in duple meter, and also the musical form associated with it.-Overview:The most popular sense of the term is associated with Americans in rural or southeastern parts of the country, particularly Appalachia. It is a dance in quick movement...
, and he comes across a trio of a cowfolk Uniqua, Pablo, and Tasha who are looking for Uniqua's jumprope, reportedly stolen by a bandit. Each character has a horse
Horse
The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
in the episode, Harvey (ridden by Tyrone), Pal (ridden by Uniqua), Princess (ridden by Tasha), and Old Paint (ridden badly by Pablo). It turns out that Tyrone was 'actually' the bandit and the one leaving the tracks on the trail!
- Written By: McPaul Smith
- Music By: Evan Lurie
- Songs:
- "Riding the Range"
- "There's an Echo In This Canyon"
- "Texas, Here I Come"
- "Buffalo Girls and Boys" (tune: "Buffalo GalsDuck RockDuck Rock is an album released by British impresario Malcolm McLaren In 1983. The album mixes up styles from South Africa, Central, and South America, the Caribbean, and the US, including hip hop. The album proved to be highly influential in bringing hip hop to a wider audience in the UK...
")
- Catchphrase: "Yahoo!" (Tyrone: "If there's one thing horses love, it's apples.") (Uniqua: "Tarnation")
- Genre: Trip hopTrip hopTrip hop is a music genre consisting of downtempo electronic music which originated in the early 1990s in England, especially Bristol. Deriving from "post"-acid house, the term was first used by the British music media and press as a way to describe the more experimental variant of breakbeat which...
, hip hopHip hopHip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
, rapRapRap may refer to:*Rapping, performance in which rhyming lyrics are used, with or without musical accompaniment ; while an MC performs spoken verses in time to a beat/ melody**Hip hop subculture**Hip hop music... - Snack: Cookies at Pablo's house (Biscuits)
- Absences: Austin
- DVD: Surf's Up
The Key To The Nile
Original airdate: 2004-10-18Princess Cleotasha (played by Tasha), ruler of Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
, and her royal servants Pablo, Tyrone, and Austin seek three presents for the Sphinx
Sphinx
A sphinx is a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head or a cat head.The sphinx, in Greek tradition, has the haunches of a lion, the wings of a great bird, and the face of a woman. She is mythicised as treacherous and merciless...
Uniqua in order to learn the secret to restoring the Nile
Nile
The Nile is a major north-flowing river in North Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world. It is long. It runs through the ten countries of Sudan, South Sudan, Burundi, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Egypt.The Nile has two major...
river's flow. However, there is just one thing: Princess Cleotasha doesn't know how to say please or thank you to her servants after they give her what she wants.
- Written By: Janice Burgess
- Music By: Evan Lurie
- Songs:
- "I Love Being a Princess"
- "Three Presents for the Sphinx" (tune: "Steam HeatSteam Heat"Steam Heat" is a show tune from the 1954 musical The Pajama Game, written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.The best-known recording was done by Patti Page...
") - "I Want My River Back"
- "Please and Thank You" (tune: "Shine On, Harvest MoonShine On, Harvest Moon"Shine On, Harvest Moon" is the name of a popular early-1900s song credited to the married vaudeville team Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth. It was one of a series of moon related Tin Pan Alley songs of the era. The song was debuted by Bayes and Norworth in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1908 to great acclaim...
")
- Catchphrase (or lack thereof): "Please" and "Thank You" (Princess Cleo Tasha: "Time to wait on me!" Servants: "Your wish is our command, O Princess!" Servants: "You know Princess Cleo Tasha, She never says please or thank you.")
- Genre: BroadwayBroadway theatreBroadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
- Snack: Cheese, crackers, and apple juice at Tasha's house
- DVD: It's Great to Be a Ghost
(NOTE: This is the only episode to teach a lesson.)
Knights Are Brave And Strong
Original airdate: 2004-10-11Queen Tasha is sends Uniqua the pink to take a message to King Austin, who shall make her a knight
Knight
A knight was a member of a class of lower nobility in the High Middle Ages.By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior....
if she succeeds. Along the way, she meets the Moose of the Mist (Tyrone) and Pablo the guardian of the gate, who join her quest in hopes of becoming knights too.
- Written By: Robert Scull
- Music By: Douglas Wieselman
- Songs:
- "Queens Are Never Wrong"
- "A Message, a Message" (sung to the tune of "A-Tisket, A-TasketA-Tisket, A-TasketA Tisket A Tasket is a nursery rhyme first recorded in America in the late nineteenth century. It was used as the basis for a very successful and highly regarded 1938 recording by Ella Fitzgerald...
") - "P.U.! (Stinky Swamp Song)"
- "The Ballad of the Brave Pink Knight (Hey Uniqua)"
- Catchphrase: Royal fanfare ("Dah-dah-dah-daaaaahhh!")
- Genre: Big BandBig bandA big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
, Swing - Snack: Pretzels and juice at Uniqua's house (Even though it's offered by Tasha)
- DVD: The Snow FortThe BackyardigansThe Backyardigans is a Canadian/American 3-D CGI-animated children's TV series, created by Janice Burgess. It features five animal children, who imagine that their backyard becomes an adventure place. It is a coproduction of Treehouse TV, and the Canadian animation studio Nelvana. Debuting on...
Viking Voyage
Original airdate: 2004-11-01Vikings Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone seek to discover uncharted lands, though a mermaid
Mermaid
A mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature with a female human head, arms, and torso and the tail of a fish. A male version of a mermaid is known as a "merman" and in general both males and females are known as "merfolk"...
(played by Tasha) has other ideas.
- Written By: Adam Peltzman
- Music By: Evan Lurie
- Songs:
- "If You Wanna Be A Viking"
- "Extra Extra Tough" (tune: "The Yellow Rose of TexasThe Yellow Rose of Texas"The Yellow Rose of Texas" is a traditional folk song. The original love song has become associated with the legend of how an indentured servant named Emily Morgan "helped win the battle of San Jacinto, the decisive battle in the Texas Revolution."...
") - "Hold Tight"
- "Rockabilly Lullaby (Hush Little Mermaid)"
- Catchphrase: "Yaaaa!"
- Genre: TwistTwist (dance)The Twist was a dance inspired by rock and roll music. It became the first worldwide dance craze in the early 1960s, enjoying immense popularity among young people and drawing fire from critics who felt it was too provocative. It inspired dances such as the Jerk, the Pony, the Watusi, the Mashed...
, RockabillyRockabillyRockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...
& Compas music - Snack: Graham crackers and milk at Uniqua's house
- Absences: Austin
- DVD: Polka Palace Party
Castaways
Original airdate: 2005-09-19Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone are castaway
Castaway
A castaway is a person who is cast adrift or ashore. While the situation usually happens after a shipwreck, some people voluntarily stay behind on a deserted island, either to evade their captors or the world in general. Alternatively, a person or item can be cast away, meaning rejected or discarded...
s on a deserted island, and as they struggle to find food and a place to live, they receive mysterious help. Could it be a mischievous intruder, or just a fellow castaway, maybe Austin, who's too shy to say hello to the others?
- Written By: Leslie Valdes
- Music By: Douglas Wieselman
- Songs:
- "Castaways"
- "Shy Guy"
- "Hut by the Sea" (tune: "By the Beautiful SeaBy the Beautiful SeaBy the Beautiful Sea is a musical with a book by Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, and music by Arthur Schwartz. Like Schwartz’ previous musical, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, also starring Shirley Booth, the musical is set in Brooklyn just after the turn of the century...
") - "Who's There?"
- Catchphrase: "Ahoy!" (Austin: I'm just too shy.)
- Genre: Bossa NovaBossa novaBossa nova is a style of Brazilian music. Bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s, initially consisting of young musicians and college students...
, BrazilianMusic of BrazilThe music of Brazil encompasses various regional music styles influenced by African, European and Amerindian forms. After 500 years of history, Brazilian music developed some unique and original styles such as samba, zouk-lambada, lambada, choro, bossa nova, frevo, maracatu, MPB, sertanejo,... - Snack: Applesauce at Uniqua's house
- UK Variation: The snack is changed to Apple Juice
- Absences: Tasha
- DVD: Cave Party
Race To The Tower Of Power
Original airdate: 2005-07-18Two wicked supervillains, Yucky Man (Pablo), with the ability to make things yucky, and Dr. Shrinky (Tyrone), with the power to shrink objects, are intent on stealing the Key to the World, which lies inside the Tower of Power, and taking over the world. Stopping them is the duty of superhero
Superhero
A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
es Weather Woman (Uniqua), with the power to change the weather, and Captain Hammer (Austin), with the power to build anything.
- Written By: Adam Peltzman
- Music By: Evan Lurie
- Songs:
- "We Are Superheroes/Supervillains"
- "Key to the World" (tune: "Three Blind MiceThree Blind MiceThree Blind Mice is an English nursery rhyme and musical round. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 3753.-Lyrics:The modern words are:-Variations and uses:Amateur music composer Thomas Oliphant noted in 1843 that:...
") - "The Sea of Gobbly Goo"
- "You and Me to the Rescue"
- Catchphrases: "Wahahaha!" and "To the rescue!"
- Genre: SalsaSalsa musicSalsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...
, LatinLatin American musicLatin American music, found within Central and South America, is a series of musical styles and genres that mixes influences from Spanish, African and indigenous sources, that has recently become very famous in the US.-Argentina:... - Snack: Granola bars at Tyrone's house
- UK Variation: The snack is changed to Cereal Bars
- Absences: Tasha
- DVD: Surf's Up
The Quest For The Flying Rock
Original airdate: 2005-02-21Four explorers find a mysterious map for the legendary Flying Rock atop Stone Step Hill, but upon disagreeing on what path to choose, Uniqua and Tasha compete with Pablo and Tyrone in a race between desert
Desert
A desert is a landscape or region that receives an extremely low amount of precipitation, less than enough to support growth of most plants. Most deserts have an average annual precipitation of less than...
and jungle
Jungle
A Jungle is an area of land in the tropics overgrown with dense vegetation.The word jungle originates from the Sanskrit word jangala which referred to uncultivated land. Although the Sanskrit word refers to "dry land", it has been suggested that an Anglo-Indian interpretation led to its...
paths filled with unknown obstacles.
- Written By: Radha Blank
- Music By: Evan Lurie
- Songs:
- "Flying Rock Song" (tune: "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All HereHail, Hail, the Gang's All Here"Hail, hail, the gang's all here" is the popular refrain from the 1915 American song, "Alabama Jubilee" made famous by Fred Astaire.The lyrics were written by D. A. Esrom to a tune originally written by Arthur Sullivan for the 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance...
") - "Questing, Questing"
- "Shake Your Body"
- "Trudge, Trudge, Trudge"
- "Flying Rock Song" (tune: "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here
- Catchphrase: "Float, flutter, fly!"
- Genre: DiscoDiscoDisco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
- Snack: Waffles at Tyrone's house
- Absences: Austin
- DVD: Surf's Up
Polka Palace Party
Original airdate: 2005-09-21Cowboy
Cowboy
A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of...
s Tyrone(on tuba
Tuba
The tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the...
), Cowgirl Uniqua(on clarinet
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
), Pablo(on accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
), and Austin(on drums), united by a shared love of polka music need to get to Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Cheyenne are a Native American people of the Great Plains, who are of the Algonquian language family. The Cheyenne Nation is composed of two united tribes, the Só'taeo'o and the Tsétsêhéstâhese .The Cheyenne are thought to have branched off other tribes of Algonquian stock inhabiting lands...
by sundown in order to play at a surprise birthday party for Sherman the Worman's brother Herman.
- Written By: McPaul Smith
- Music By: Evan Lurie, Doug Wieselman
- Songs:
- "Gotta Love the Clarinet"
- "Feeding Time"
- "Oh My Sherman" (tune: "Oh My Darling, ClementineOh My Darling, ClementineOh My Darling, Clementine is an American western folk ballad usually credited to Percy Montrose , although it is sometimes credited to Barker Bradford. The song is believed to have been based on another song called Down by the River Liv'd a Maiden by H. S...
") - "The Worman Polka"
- Catchphrase: "Yip, yip, yip, yip!" (also: "What a coincidence!") (Uniqua: "Darn tootin")
- Genre: PolkaPolkaThe polka is a Central European dance and also a genre of dance music familiar throughout Europe and the Americas. It originated in the middle of the 19th century in Bohemia...
- Snack: Strawberries at Uniqua's house
- Absences: Tasha
- DVD: Polka Palace Party
Surf's Up
Original airdate: 2005-04-25Surfer Pablo is on the lookout for Tiki
Tiki
Tiki refers to large wood and stone carvings of humanoid forms in Central Eastern Polynesian cultures of the Pacific Ocean. The term is also used in Māori mythology where Tiki is the first man, created by either Tūmatauenga or Tāne. He found the first woman, Marikoriko, in a pond – she seduced him...
Beach to ride the perfect wave, but he can't find it. Little does Pablo know that he must learn a lot of radical moves before he can find that place and ride the perfect wave, and he will only do that with the help of other fellow surfers (Uniqua and Tyrone) and a mysterious lifeguard
Lifeguard
A lifeguard supervises the safety and rescue of swimmers, surfers, and other water sports participants such as in a swimming pool, water park, or beach. Lifeguards are strong swimmers and trained in first aid, certified in water rescue using a variety of aids and equipment depending on...
, Austin.
- Written By: Janice Burgess
- Music By: Evan Lurie, Doug Wieselman
- Songs:
- "Cruisin' the Dunes"
- "The Rad Moves"
- "Mystery Lifeguard" (tune: GuantanameraGuantanamera"Guantanamera" is perhaps the best known Cuban song and that country's most noted patriotic song.-Music:The music for the song is sometimes attributed to José Fernández Diaz, known as Joseíto Fernández, who claimed to have written it at various dates , and who used it regularly in one of his radio...
) - "Surf's Up (Ho Daddy)"
- Catchphrase: "Cowabunga!" (also "Surf's up!", "Ho daddy!" and other surfing slangSlangSlang is the use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's language or dialect but are considered more acceptable when used socially. Slang is often to be found in areas of the lexicon that refer to things considered taboo...
) - Genre: AfrobeatAfrobeatAfrobeat is a combination of traditional Yoruba music, jazz, highlife, funk and chanted vocals, fused with percussion and vocal styles, popularised in Africa in the 1970s. Its main creator was the Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Fela Kuti, who gave it its name, who used it to...
- Snack: Grilled cheese at Pablo's house
- UK Variation: The snack is changed to Cheese Toasties
- Absences: Tasha
- DVD: Surf's Up
Eureka!
Original airdate: 2005-09-20On the South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
mountains, two brilliant scientists Uniqua and Tasha look for the bones of the legendary Flappasaurus, and while searching, come across two prospectors
Prospecting
Prospecting is the physical search for minerals, fossils, precious metals or mineral specimens, and is also known as fossicking.Prospecting is a small-scale form of mineral exploration which is an organised, large scale effort undertaken by mineral resource companies to find commercially viable ore...
crusty old Pablo and dusty old Tyrone, and their pack mule
Packhorse
.A packhorse or pack horse refers generally to an equid such as a horse, mule, donkey or pony used for carrying goods on their backs, usually carried in sidebags or panniers. Typically packhorses are used to cross difficult terrain, where the absence of roads prevents the use of wheeled vehicles. ...
, Clementine in search of gold
Gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...
.
- Written By: Keith Kaczorek
- Music By: Evan Lurie, Doug Wieselman
- Songs:
- "Digging for Gold"
- "Those Bones" (tune: "Dem BonesDem BonesDem Bones, Dry Bones or Dem Dry Bones is a well-known traditional spiritual song, used to teach basic anatomy to children. The melody was written by African-American author and songwriter James Weldon Johnson . Two versions of this traditional song are used widely, the second an abridgment of the...
") - "EurekaEureka (word)"Eureka" is an interjection used to celebrate a discovery, a transliteration of a word attributed to Archimedes.-Etymology:The word comes from ancient Greek εὕρηκα heúrēka "I have found ", which is the 1st person singular perfect indicative active of the verb heuriskō "I find"...
!" - "One Good Turn Deserves Another"
- Catchphrase: "Eureka" (Tasha: "Brilliant." Pablo: "Gold, I tell ya!" followed by Clementine braying.) (Pablo: "Dagnabbit")
- Genre: Township JiveJaivaJaiva or Township Jive is a sub-genre of South African township music and African danceform which has influenced Western break dance and emerged from the shebeen culture of the apartheid era townships Jaiva obtained international prominence with the 1986 release of Paul Simon's "Graceland" album...
- Snack: Graham crackers at Uniqua's house
- Absences: Austin
- DVD: Cave Party
Race Around The World
Original airdate: 2006-03-10Austin has never won a race before, but he is well prepared for the difficult "Race Around the World". He will compete with veteran racers Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone for his first gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
. Tasha is the announcer and referee.
- Written By: Rodney Stringfellow
- Music By: Evan Lurie, Doug Wieselman
- Songs:
- "Racing Day"
- "Go! Go! Go!"
- "Snow Is Cold But I Am Cool"
- "Austin's LamentLamentA lament or lamentation is a song, poem, or piece of music expressing grief, regret, or mourning.-History:Many of the oldest and most lasting poems in human history have been laments. Laments are present in both the Iliad and the Odyssey, and laments continued to be sung in elegiacs accompanied by...
" (tune: "Twinkle Twinkle Little StarTwinkle Twinkle Little Star"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is a popular English nursery rhyme. The lyrics are from an early nineteenth-century English poem, "The Star" by Jane Taylor. The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann...
"/"Alphabet SongAlphabet songAn alphabet song is any of various songs used to teach children an alphabet, used in kindergartens, pre-schools and homes around the world. Alphabet songs typically follow the alphabetic principle...
"/"Baa, Baa, Black Sheep")
- Catchphrase: Victory chant ("Dunt-da-dadaaahh!") (Austin: "I've got everything a racer needs" and "You can never tell what will happen in a race. That's why I like to be prepared")
- Genre: ZydecoZydecoZydeco is a form of uniquely American roots or folk music. It evolved in southwest Louisiana in the early 19th century from forms of "la la" Creole music...
- Snack: Chocolate chip cookies at Uniqua's house (Biscuits)
- DVD: Cave Party
Monster Detectives
Original airdate: 2005-10-31Pablo is a (seemingly) fearsome Soccer Monster, who lives in a big castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
but has nobody to play with. Tyrone, a monster detective
Detective
A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. The latter may be known as private investigators or "private eyes"...
, has to enter his castle to retrieve Uniqua's stolen soccer ball.
- Written By: Adam Peltzman
- Music By: Evan Lurie, Douglas Wieselman
- Songs:
- "I'm a Soccer Monster"
- "The Rules"
- "Hide and Seek" (tune: "When the Saints Go Marching InWhen the Saints Go Marching In"When the Saints Go Marching In", often referred to as "The Saints", is an American gospel hymn that has taken on certain aspects of folk music. The precise origins of the song are not known. Though it originated as a spiritual, today people are more likely to hear it played by a jazz band...
") - "Gotta Get the Job Done"
- Catchphrase: "Soccer!" (also: "Bleh?!")
- Genre: Garage rockGarage rockGarage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
- Snack: Celery with hummus at Tyrone's house
- UK Variation: All references to "Soccer" are changed to "Football". The picture referred to as Mia HammMia HammMariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm is a retired American soccer player. Hamm played many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom. Hamm has scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female,...
is instead changed to Ronnie RadfordRonnie RadfordRonnie Radford is a former English footballer who notably scored a memorable goal in the 1971-72 FA Cup for Hereford United during their famous 2-1 giant-killing of Newcastle United.-Career:...
, although is still clearly a picture of a female. - Absences: Tasha and Austin
- DVD: It's Great to Be a Ghost
Cave Party
Original airdate: 2005-09-22The Mountain Cave People
Caveman
A caveman or troglodyte is a stock character based upon widespread concepts of the way in which early prehistoric humans may have looked and behaved...
Austin and Tasha invite the Valley Cave People Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone to howl
Howl
"Howl" is a poem written by Allen Ginsberg in 1955 and published as part of his 1956 collection of poetry titled Howl and Other Poems. The poem is considered to be one of the great works of the Beat Generation, along with Jack Kerouac's On the Road and William S. Burroughs's Naked Lunch...
at the moon
Moon
The Moon is Earth's only known natural satellite,There are a number of near-Earth asteroids including 3753 Cruithne that are co-orbital with Earth: their orbits bring them close to Earth for periods of time but then alter in the long term . These are quasi-satellites and not true moons. For more...
when it hits the highest peak. While the three Valley Cave People must get there on time, the two Mountain Cave People must fill their time, all with the help of handy new inventions.
- Written By: Anne D. Bernstein
- Music By: Evan Lurie, Douglas Wieselman
- Songs:
- "Three Cheers for Ugh!"
- "Drumming Song"
- "Skate Ahead"
- "The Hokey PokeyHokey PokeyThe hokey cokey or hokey pokey , also known as the okey cokey, hokey tokey, or cokey cokey, is a participation dance with a distinctive accompanying tune and lyric structure. It is well known in English-speaking countries...
"
- Catchphrase: "Ugh!" (which means whatever they want it to) " that's why I evented this ( Other(s) applaud ) other(s): what do you call it ( funny names ) no I call it ( something )
- Genre: CalypsoCalypso musicCalypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago from African and European roots. The roots of the genre lay in the arrival of enslaved Africans, who, not being allowed to speak with each other, communicated through song...
- Snack: Cinnamon toast at Pablo's house
- UK Variation: "The Hokey Pokey" is renamed "The Hokey Cokey". The snack is changed to Jam and Toast.
- DVD: Cave Party
High Tea
Original airdate: 2005-08-25When Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone can not agree on what to do, they let Tasha decide and she leads them on a quest for the perfect cup of tea
Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...
that takes them to Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
, the Ming Empire (ruled by a grumpy Emperor Austin) and the Gobi Desert
Gobi Desert
The Gobi is a large desert region in Asia. It covers parts of northern and northwestern China, and of southern Mongolia. The desert basins of the Gobi are bounded by the Altai Mountains and the grasslands and steppes of Mongolia on the north, by the Hexi Corridor and Tibetan Plateau to the...
.
- Written By: Radha Blank
- Music By: Evan Lurie, Douglas Wieselman
- Songs:
- "Zip, Zip, Zip From Tree to Tree"
- "The Grumpy Emperor"
- "Galloping Song"
- "Pip Pip Cheerio" (tune: "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town TonightThere'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight"A Hot Time in the Old Town" is an American ragtime song, composed in 1896 by Theodore August Metz with lyrics by Joe Hayden. Metz was the band leader of the McIntyre and Heath Minstrels....
")
- Catchphrase: "Pip pip cheerio!" (Tasha: "There's just one teensy little thing" and "Don't dawdle!")
- Genre: Irish (traditional)Music of IrelandIrish Music is the generic term for music that has been created in various genres on the island of Ireland.The indigenous music of the island is termed Irish traditional music. It has remained vibrant through the 20th, and into the 21st century, despite globalizing cultural forces...
- Snack: Peanut butter and jelly at Pablo's house
- UK Variation: The snack is changed to Peanut Butter and Jam.
- DVD: Polka Palace Party
Mission To Mars
Original airdate: 2006-10-09Astronaut
Astronaut
An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
s Uniqua, Pablo, and Austin are sent by ground controllers
Flight controller
Flight controllers are personnel who aid in the operations of a space flight, working in Mission Control Centers such as NASA's Mission Control Center, or ESA's Operations Center. Flight controllers sit at computer consoles and use telemetry to monitor in real time various technical aspects of a...
Tyrone and Tasha to Mars
Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
in a space shuttle
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons...
to investigate an odd audio signal. This episode features a guest appearance by Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano...
as Mommy Martian, and Shakira Lipscomb as Boinga.
- Songs:
- "We're Going to Mars"
- "Ready for Anything"
- "Astronauts Never Give Up"
- "Almost Everything Is Boinga Here" (guest starring Alicia KeysAlicia KeysAlicia Augello Cook , better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. She was raised by a single mother in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York City. At age seven, Keys began playing the piano...
)
- Genre: KenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
n HighlifeHighlifeHighlife is a musical genre that originated in Ghana in the 1900s and spread to Sierra Leone, Nigeria and other West African countries by 1920... - Catchphrase: "Boinga-boinga-boinga!"
- Snack: S'mores, at Uniqua's.
- UK Variation: The snack is changed to Cakes.
- DVD: Mission to Mars
Samurai Pie
Original airdate: 2006-10-16Samurai
Samurai
is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau...
pie
Pie
A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients....
maker Tyrone must train apprentice Austin to make the Great Pie for Empress Tasha, while fending off a raid from pie-stealing ninja
Ninja
A or was a covert agent or mercenary of feudal Japan specializing in unorthodox arts of war. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, as well as open combat in certain situations...
s Uniqua and Pablo (who is always clumsy).
- Songs:
- "Samurai Pie"
- "Do You Wanna Make Pies?"
- "The Great Pie"
- "Ninjas Like Pie Too" (tune: "Blue Tail FlyBlue Tail Fly"Blue Tail Fly", "De Blue Tail Fly", or "Jimmy Crack Corn" is thought to be a blackface minstrel song, first performed in the United States in the 1840s that remains a popular children's song today....
")
- Genre: Spaghetti WesternSpaghetti WesternSpaghetti Western, also known as Italo-Western, is a nickname for a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's unique and much copied film-making style and international box-office success, so named by American critics because most were produced and...
(Ennio Morricone, Francesco De Masi, Bruno Nicolai) - Catchphrase: "Pie-ya!" (Pablo (after falling): "I meant to do that") (Tasha: "Where's my pie?!")
- Snack: Milk at Pablo's house
- UK Variation: The snack is changed to Ice Cream
- DVD: Mission to Mars
Scared Of You
Original airdate: 2006-10-23Austin is having his worst birthday ever when his master, Mad Scientist
Mad scientist
A mad scientist is a stock character of popular fiction, specifically science fiction. The mad scientist may be villainous or antagonistic, benign or neutral, and whether insane, eccentric, or simply bumbling, mad scientists often work with fictional technology in order to forward their schemes, if...
Tasha, orders him to bring three monsters back to her laboratory Werewolf
Werewolf
A werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope , is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse...
Uniqua, Vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
Pablo, and Mummy
Mummy
A mummy is a body, human or animal, whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals, extreme coldness , very low humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs, so that the recovered body will not decay further if kept in cool and dry...
King Tyrone,three scary but cowardly monsters. What Austin does not know is that a big surprise birthday party awaits him when he gets back.
- Songs:
- "I Got a Secret"
- "Scared of You"
- "Hurry Home"
- "Monster Dance Party"
- Genre: Jump bluesJump bluesJump blues is an up-tempo blues usually played by small groups and featuring horns. It was very popular in the 1940s, and the movement was a precursor to the arrival of rhythm and blues and rock and roll...
- Catchphrase: "Oh, brother!" (Austin) "It's a secret" (Tyrone Uniqua And Pablo)
- Snack: Pumpkin pie at Uniqua's house
- UK Variation: In the UK, almost all instances of "Oh, brother" are changed to "Oh, boy", leading to several obvious lip-synch issues.
- DVD: Mission to Mars
Whodunit
Original airdate: 2006-10-17Pablo the detective explores Mystery Manor's mazes and secret passageways to find out who stole Lady Tasha's jewels. Was it Policewoman Uniqua Underhood, Butler Tyrone, or Mr. Austin Frothingslosh?
- Songs:
- "Aha!"
- "Mysterious, Very Mysterious"
- "The Fleeting Phantom Figure in the Garden"
- "Whodunit?"
- Genre: Django ReinhardtDjango ReinhardtDjango Reinhardt was a pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer who invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique that has since become a living musical tradition within French gypsy culture...
(Gypsy jazzGypsy jazzGypsy jazz is an idiom often said to have been started by guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt in the 1930s. Because its origins are largely in France it is often called by the French name, "Jazz manouche," or alternatively, "manouche jazz," even in English language sources...
) - Catchphrase: Aha! (Austin: "Great Caesar's ghost!") (Pablo: "Mysterious, very mysterious.")
- Snack: Cheese and crackers at Austin's house
- DVD: Mission to Mars
- NOTE: Austin mentions his female cat in which he just got in this episode. It is unknown if the cat truly exists, and the animal was possibly made up by Austin to escape Mystery Manor.
The Legend Of The Volcano Sisters
Original airdate: 2006-10-18Luau
Luau
A luau is a Hawaiian feast. It may feature food, such as poi, kalua pig, poke, lomi salmon, opihi, haupia, and beer; and entertainment, such as Hawaiian music and hula...
Brothers Pablo the Swift, Tyrone the Strong, and Austin (just Austin, for now) have to appease the Volcano Sisters (Uniqua and Tasha) with a special gift to keep them from ruining the big luau with a volcanic eruption. The only catch is, that the Volcano Sisters won't tell them what they want. Austin has a solution, but Pablo and Tyrone are trying so hard to find the most amazing things in Hawaii for the sisters that they aren't listening to him. In the end, he gets the Volcano Sisters what they want: invitations to their luau and placates them. He then earns the title Austin the Smart.
- Songs:
- "We Love a Luau"
- "We'll Get You What You Want"
- "Huka Pele"
- "We're Glad"
- Genre: TarantellaTarantellaThe term tarantella groups a number of different southern Italian couple folk dances characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in 6/8 time , accompanied by tambourines. It is among the most recognized of traditional Italian music. The specific dance name varies with every region, for instance...
(Italian folk) - Catchphrase: "AlohaAlohaAloha in the Hawaiian language means affection, peace, compassion and mercy. Since the middle of the 19th century, it also has come to be used as an English greeting to say goodbye and hello...
! That means goodbye, too." "That was not what we wanted!" "Huka Pele!" and "Now go!" - Snack: Orange slices at Pablo's house
- DVD: The Legend of the Volcano Sisters
The Swamp Creature
Original airdate: 2006-10-19Swamp tour guides Uniqua and Pablo promise to show tourists Tasha and Austin the Swamp Creature, even if they have to trick them when they believe that there's no such thing as a Swamp Creature. Little do they know is that there really is a Swamp Creature Tyrone.
- Songs:
- "Totally Awesome Swamp Adventure"
- "He's GreenGreenGreen is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nanometres. In the subtractive color system, it is not a primary color, but is created out of a mixture of yellow and blue, or yellow and cyan; it is considered...
" - "Customer's Always Right"
- "Awesomely Bad Time"
- Genre: 50's/60's Surf Guitar Instrumental
- Catchphrase: "The Totally Awesome Swamp Adventure, Adventure, Adventure!" (Tyrone: "I'm a-comin'!")
- Snack: S'mores at Uniqua's house.
- UK Variation: The Swamp Creatures' favourite food is changed from s'mores to sweets. The snack is also changed to sweets.
- Note: Tyrone is pale green and has flippers.
- DVD: The Legend of the Volcano Sisters
Horsing Around
Original airdate: 2007-03-19The fable
Fable
A fable is a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, mythical creatures, plants, inanimate objects or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized , and that illustrates a moral lesson , which may at the end be expressed explicitly in a pithy maxim.A fable differs from...
"The Tortoise and the Hare
The Tortoise and the Hare
The Tortoise and the Hare is a fable attributed to Aesop and is number 226 in the Perry Index. The story concerns a hare who ridicules a slow-moving tortoise and is challenged by him to a race. The hare soon leaves the tortoise behind and, confident of winning, decides to take a nap midway through...
" gets the Backyardigans treatment as Cowgirl Uniqua and Jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
Pablo decide to have a race to see who is the best. Austin is the race announcer. They are joined by a rather unusual third racer: the always calm Farmer
Farmer
A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, who raises living organisms for food or raw materials, generally including livestock husbandry and growing crops, such as produce and grain...
Tyrone and his slow and steady-moving burro
Burro
The burro is a small donkey used primarily as a pack animal. In addition, significant numbers of feral burros live in the Southwestern United States, where they are protected by law, and in Mexico...
, Molasses. Given that Uniqua and Pablo spend more time trying to outdo each other than race, the winner may not be who anyone expects…
- Songs:
- "The Horse-Rider's Cry"
- "When I Win"
- "I Bet Ya"
- "Keep Goin' Along" (tune: "The Daring Young Man on the Flying TrapezeThe Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze"The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze", originally published under the title "The Flying Trapeze" and also known as "The Man on the Flying Trapeze", is a 19th century popular song about a flying trapeze circus performer, Jules Léotard...
")
- Genre: KlezmerKlezmerKlezmer is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe. Played by professional musicians called klezmorim, the genre originally consisted largely of dance tunes and instrumental display pieces for weddings and other celebrations...
- Catchphrase: "Yee-ha! (Yah!)"
- Snack: Blueberry muffins at Tyrone's house.
- UK Variation: The snack is changed to Fresh Fruit Salad.
- Absences: Tasha
- DVD: The Legend of the Volcano Sisters
Special Delivery
Original airdate: 2007-02-14Uniqua, Tasha, and Pablo are a biker gang called the "Do-Gooders". Tyrone is a mailman who is afraid of bikers. While driving along in his mail truck, he sees the Do-Gooders, gets scared and drives off. A bag of mail falls out the back of his truck, which the Do-Gooders try to return to him. Unfortunately, now Tyrone thinks they are chasing him and want to steal his mail.
- Songs:
- "We Are The Do-Gooders"
- "I Never Fail to Deliver the Mail"
- "I Gotta Gas It Up"
- "Special Delivery" (tune: "La CucarachaLa Cucaracha"La Cucaracha" is a traditional Spanish folk corrido that became popular in Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. It has additionally become a verse played on car horns.-Origins:...
")
- Genre: NorteñoNorteño (music)Norteño , also norteña or conjunto, is a genre of Mexican music. The accordion and the bajo sexto are norteño's most characteristic instruments. The norteño genre is popular in both Mexico and the United States, especially among the Mexican community...
- Catchphrase: "Grr!"
- Snack: Carrot sticks at Tyrone's house
- Absences: Austin
- DVD: The Legend of the Volcano Sisters
International Super Spy (parts 1 and 2)
Original airdate: 2007-09-17The very first two-part Backyardigans episode (originally shown as a single hour long episode), and a faithful parody of James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
movies, it also has an opening in the style of the episode rather than the regular ones. Pablo is a smooth international agent who likes his apple juice shaken and drives a red automobile/jet-ski/helicopter/airplane. He is hired by Miss "T" (Tasha) to protect three containers from the evil "Lady in Pink" (Uniqua) and her sidekick, Henchman
Henchman
Henchman referred originally to one who attended on a horse for his employer, that is, a horse groom. Hence, like constable and marshal, also originally stable staff, henchman became the title of a subordinate official in a royal court or noble household...
Tyrone. Austin is an undercover agent, who helps Pablo throughout his missions. The song "The Lady in Pink" features an elaborate 007
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
-style music video of sorts and pop singer Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
as a guest star.
- Songs:
- "International Super Spy"
- "The Lady in Pink" (guest starring Cyndi LauperCyndi LauperCynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...
) - "Good and Bad Don't Mix"
- "A Recipe for Disaster"
- Genre: Modern Swing
- Catchphrase: "Shaken!" (Pablo: "Check this out.")
- at one point in this episode the lady in pink reffers tasha as "a little hippo."
- This episode has more costume changes then any other.
- Snack: More chocolate milk and cookies at Pablo's house.( Although it's offered by Tyrone and Austin )
- UK Variation: The snack is changed to Chocolate milk and fruit cake.
- DVD: Super Secret Super Spy
Movers Of Arabia
Original airdate: 2007-03-20Tyrone, the Sultan
Sultan
Sultan is a title with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", and "dictatorship", derived from the masdar سلطة , meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be used as the title of certain rulers who...
of Arabia, has a lot of magical stuff he needs moved from his treasure cave to his palace. He phones Uniqua and Pablo, the Movers of Arabia, to do the job. They are excited, as this is their first job, and, upon arriving to the palace, are given a bottle by Sultan Tyrone containing a genie
Genie
Jinn or genies are supernatural creatures in Arab folklore and Islamic teachings that occupy a parallel world to that of mankind. Together, jinn, humans and angels make up the three sentient creations of Allah. Religious sources say barely anything about them; however, the Qur'an mentions that...
(Austin) who will grant them three wishes in case they get into trouble. They end up needing their wishes sooner than they think...
- Songs:
- "I Am the Sultan"
- "Movers of Arabia"
- "I Wish"
- "The Genie Bottle" (tune: "Take Me Out To The Ball GameTake Me Out to the Ball Game"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song. The song is traditionally sung during the seventh-inning stretch of...
")
- Genre: Surf rock
- Catchphrase: "Alakazam!" ("Movers of Arabia, We move Arabian things!")
- Snack: Cheese and Crackers at Austin's house
- Absences: Tasha
- DVD: Movers and Shakers
Cops And Robots
Original airdate: 2007-03-21Officer
Police officer
A police officer is a warranted employee of a police force...
Uniqua and Sergeant
Sergeant
Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....
Tyrone are space cops who must stop Pablonator (Pablo) and T-900 (Tasha) from breaking into the robot
Robot
A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
factory and reprogramming all the robots in the galaxy from "good" to "bad". T-900 and the Pablonator don't have a clue that when a robot becomes "bad", their wires would malfunction.
- Songs:
- "Can't Stop the Cops/Bots" (tune: "Shoo Fly, Don't Bother MeShoo Fly, Don't Bother MeShoo, Fly, Don't Bother Me! was most likely written by T. Brigham Bishop and first published in 1869 by White, Smith & Perry. It has remained popular since that time...
!") - "We Are Badbots"
- "Steer, Baby, Steer"
- "I Feel Good"
- "Can't Stop the Cops/Bots" (tune: "Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me
- Genre: Jug bandJug bandA Jug band is a band employing a jug player and a mix of traditional and home-made instruments. These home-made instruments are ordinary objects adapted to or modified for making of sound, like the washtub bass, washboard, spoons, stovepipe and comb & tissue paper...
- Catchphrase: "Can't stop the cops!" "Malfunction, malfunction"
- Snack: Toast and jam at Uniqua's house (offered by Tyrone)
- Absences: Austin
- DVD: Movers and Shakers
The Secret Of Snow
Original airdate: 2006-12-15Uniqua loves snow
Snow
Snow is a form of precipitation within the Earth's atmosphere in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. Since snow is composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material. It has an open and therefore soft structure, unless packed by...
and wants to know its secret. She is told by a mysterious narrator
Narrator
A narrator is, within any story , the fictional or non-fictional, personal or impersonal entity who tells the story to the audience. When the narrator is also a character within the story, he or she is sometimes known as the viewpoint character. The narrator is one of three entities responsible for...
(voiced by Austin) that the Ice Lady (played by Tasha) and her good-hearted assistant (also Austin) might know, so she goes to see her, along with cowboy Pablo and Tyrone of the jungle. Tasha thinks they are there to interrupt her work and keeps sending them away to various locations (the desert and the jungle), but with Austin's help, they just might reach the Ice Lady and learn the secret of snow. This is an unusual episode, as the entire adventure is told in storybook format. Because of this, there is no catchphrase and no snack: The storybook closes as the Backyardigans play in the new-fallen snow, ending the episode by wishing the audience, "Happy holidays, everyone!" This episode is generally only televised at Christmas; it doesn't usually show during a standard season run.
- Songs:
- "I Love Snow" (tune: Jingle BellsJingle Bells"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung winter songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857...
) - "Fill It Up With Ice" (tune: "Good King WenceslasGood King Wenceslas"Good King Wenceslas" is a popular Christmas carol about a king who goes out to give alms to a poor peasant on the Feast of Stephen . During the journey, his page is about to give up the struggle against the cold weather, but is enabled to continue by following the king's footprints, step for step,...
") - "Make the Ice/Fill It Up With Ice" (tune: "Deck the Halls/Good King WenceslasGood King Wenceslas"Good King Wenceslas" is a popular Christmas carol about a king who goes out to give alms to a poor peasant on the Feast of Stephen . During the journey, his page is about to give up the struggle against the cold weather, but is enabled to continue by following the king's footprints, step for step,...
") - "The Secret of Snow"
- "I Love Snow" (tune: Jingle Bells
- Genre: DixielandDixielandDixieland music, sometimes referred to as Hot jazz, Early Jazz or New Orleans jazz, is a style of jazz music which developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century, and was spread to Chicago and New York City by New Orleans bands in the 1910s.Well-known jazz standard songs from the...
- Catchphrase: None
- Snack: None, episode ends with characters playing outside in the snow
- UK Variation: The ending has the characters wishing the audience a Happy Christmas, although this episode is usually shown in syndication.
- DVD: Super Secret Super Spy
Sinbad Sails Alone
Original airdate: 2007-03-31Tyrone is Sinbad
Sinbad
Sinbad or Sindbad may refer to:* Sinbad the Sailor, from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, also known as Arabian Nights* Sinbad the Sailor, an alias of Edmond Dantes in the novel The Count of Monte Cristo...
the sailor, who sails alone on his quest to find the end of the rainbow
Rainbow
A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines on to droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. It takes the form of a multicoloured arc...
. Pablo is a sailor and Sinbad's biggest fan. He wants to join Sinbad but 'Sinbad sails alone.' Pablo sneaks aboard Sinbad's ship in order to help him. Sinbad finds him, and is forced to let him stay aboard. Comedy ensues, as Pablo's youthful enthusiasm ends up causing more trouble than assistance, but Sinbad soon learns that everyone needs help sometimes. Even himself. Even if it's Pablo. They encounter Siren Uniqua and Medusa
Medusa
In Greek mythology Medusa , " guardian, protectress") was a Gorgon, a chthonic monster, and a daughter of Phorcys and Ceto. The author Hyginus, interposes a generation and gives Medusa another chthonic pair as parents. Gazing directly upon her would turn onlookers to stone...
(Tasha) during their search for food and water.
- Songs:
- "I'm Sinbad the Sailor"
- "Siren says"
- "Got To Dodge"
- "Do It Myself"
- Genre: Mambo
- Catchphrase: "Ahoy, Mateys!"
- Snack: Unknown at Tyrone's house
- Absences: Austin
- DVD: Movers and Shakers, We Arrrr Pirates!
Best Clowns In Town
Original airdate: 2007-09-20Uniqua, Pablo and Austin are a team of clown
Clown
Clowns are comic performers stereotypically characterized by the grotesque image of the circus clown's colored wigs, stylistic makeup, outlandish costumes, unusually large footwear, and red nose, which evolved to project their actions to large audiences. Other less grotesque styles have also...
s: 'The Best Clowns In Town'. They're looking for a circus
Circus
A circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists...
to work in. Tyrone is the ringmaster
Ringmaster (circus)
The ringmaster is the most visible performer in the modern circus, and among the most important, since he stage-manages the performance, introduces the various acts, and guides the audience through the entertainment experience. In smaller circuses, the ringmaster is often the owner and artistic...
of the local circus, which is packing up to head to the Big City. They ask to join his circus, but Tyrone refuses, because he hates clowns. While he's explaining this, the train leaves without him. Tyrone is furious. Uniqua makes a deal with him: if they can get Tyrone to his train before it reaches the Big City and the circus starts, he'll let them join. Can they do it and maybe teach Tyrone to like clowns, too?
- Songs:
- "The Best Clowns In Town"
- "That's Not Funny" (tune: "Goodnight Ladies"/"Merrily We Roll Along")
- "The Show Must Go On"
- "At The Circus"
- Genre: Carl StallingCarl StallingCarl W. Stalling was an American composer and arranger for music in animated films. He is most closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts produced by Warner Bros., where he averaged one complete score each week, for 22 years.-Biography:Stalling was born to Ernest and...
/Circus musicCircus musicCircus music is any sort of music that is played to accompany a circus, and also music written that emulates its general style. The most common type of circus music is the circus march, or screamer, which are marches played at very fast tempos... - Catchphrase: *horn-honk* (Austin honking a horn instead of speaking ala Harpo MarxHarpo MarxAdolph "Harpo" Marx was an American comedian and film star. He was the second oldest of the Marx Brothers. His comic style was influenced by clown and pantomime traditions. He wore a curly reddish wig, and never spoke during performances...
), Tyrone (screaming): "CLOWNS!" followed by an echo - Snack: Popcorn at Pablo's house (offered by Austin)
- Absences: Tasha
- DVD: Movers and Shakers
Save The Day
Original airdate: 2007-03-22Very determined fisher-lady Tasha is saved time and time again by diligent Harbor Patrollers Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone from shark
Shark
Sharks are a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body. The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago....
s and other hazards. But she still insists on going to the most dangerous places to catch a fish!
- Songs:
- "Save the Day!"
- "I'll Catch a Whopper" (tune: "Pop Goes the WeaselPop Goes the Weasel"Pop! Goes the Weasel" is an English language nursery rhyme and singing game. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 5249.-Lyrics:There are many different versions of the lyrics to the song...
") - "Nothing Too Tough"
- "Uh-Oh!"
- Genre: Psychedelic soulPsychedelic soulPsychedelic soul, sometimes called black rock, is a sub-genre of soul music, which mixes the characteristics of soul with psychedelic rock...
- Catchphrase: "Rescue One, over and out."/"I want to catch a whopper!"
- Snack: SushiSushiis a Japanese food consisting of cooked vinegared rice combined with other ingredients . Neta and forms of sushi presentation vary, but the ingredient which all sushi have in common is shari...
at Tyrone's house - Absences: Austin
- DVD: Into The Deep
Into The Deep
Original airdate: 2007-06-27Pablo and Tyrone are deep-sea explorers who plan to discover a mermaid
Mermaid
A mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature with a female human head, arms, and torso and the tail of a fish. A male version of a mermaid is known as a "merman" and in general both males and females are known as "merfolk"...
. They find not just one but two (Uniqua and Tasha), who don't appreciate the boys being in their territory and do everything they can to get rid of them, because they think they plan to capture them and ruin their garden.
- Songs:
- "Into the Deep"
- "Call of the Mermaid"
- "Our Garden"
- "You've Got to Be Brave (In a Cave)"
- Genre: BollywoodBollywoodBollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
- Catchphrase: "Prrrrt!" (Mermaid Speak) "our amazing submarine"
- Snack: Strawberries and Yogurt at Pablo's house (although snack is offered by Tyrone)
- Absences: Austin
- DVD: Into The Deep
News Flash
Original airdate: 2008-01-18Uniqua, Tasha, and Austin work for W-IOWA, a news station. Most of their news involves corn and how good the season has been. Tyrone and Pablo are farmers who are proud of their corn crop, but what they phone in to the station just isn't considered news. So, they decide to make some news to get on the air…
- Songs:
- "W-IOWA" (The Corniest Station in the Nation)"
- "Corn"
- "Newsflash!" (tune: "Going To A Go-GoGoing to a Go-GoGoing to a Go-Go is a 1965 album by The Miracles', the first to bill the group as Smokey Robinson & the Miracles. It includes four of the Miracles' Top 20 hits: "Ooo Baby Baby", "The Tracks of My Tears", "Going to a Go-Go", and "My Girl Has Gone"...
") - "It's All News to Us"
- Genre: Motown
- Catchphrase: "Newsflash!"
- Snack: Corn Fritters at Tyrone's house
- UK Variation: The snack is changed to Corn on the Cob
- DVD: Into The Deep
- NOTE: An alien similar-looking to Boinga is shown in this episode.
Catch That Butterfly
Original airdate: 2008-01-16Professor Pablo, world famous English bug expert, is hunting the Gilded Gold
Gold (color)
Gold, also called golden, is one of a variety of orange-yellow color blends used to give the impression of the color of the element gold....
en Butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
. He chases it all the way to the West where he meets stagecoach
Stagecoach
A stagecoach is a type of covered wagon for passengers and goods, strongly sprung and drawn by four horses, usually four-in-hand. Widely used before the introduction of railway transport, it made regular trips between stages or stations, which were places of rest provided for stagecoach travelers...
drivers Uniqua and Tyrone and hires them to help him 'catch that butterfly!' But who would have thought catching one little bug would be so much work?
- Songs:
- "The Gilded Golden Butterfly"
- "We're Tough"
- "How Hard Can It Be"
- "Hunt the Butterfly" (tune: "The Barber of Seville (overture)The Barber of SevilleThe Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville , which was originally an opéra comique, or a mixture of spoken play with music...
")
- Genre: Rossini OperaOperaOpera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
- Catchphrase: "Hi-ho, old chap!"/"You said a mouthful there."/"How hard can it be?"
- Snack: Grilled cheese sandwiches at Pablo's house
- Absences: Tasha and Austin
- DVD: Into The Deep
A Giant Problem
Original airdate: 2008-01-17Grumpy Queen Uniqua wants to take a nap, but she can't do that with a huge (but friendly) giant
Giant (mythology)
The mythology and legends of many different cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "Giant" is the English word commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed examples: the gigantes of Greek mythology.In various Indo-European mythologies,...
on the loose (Tasha), so she hires clumsy wizard
Magician (fantasy)
A magician, mage, sorcerer, sorceress, wizard, enchanter, enchantress, thaumaturge or a person known under one of many other possible terms is someone who uses or practices magic that derives from supernatural or occult sources...
s Pablo and Tyrone to get rid of her. They try several spells on Giant Tasha before stumbling on a rather novel solution…
- Songs:
- "Nobody's Bigger Than a Giant"
- "It's Hard to Be a Wizard"
- "I Know a Spell"
- "On Top of the World"
- Genre: 80's PopPop musicPop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
- Catchphrase: "Yoo-hoo!"
- Snack: Mini Muffins at Tyrone's house
- UK Variation: The snack is changed to Fruit Salad
- Absences: Austin
- DVD: Super Secret Super Spy
Who Goes There?
Original airdate: 2008-04-04In a story reminiscent of Night At The Museum
Night at the Museum
Night at the Museum is a 2006 fantasy adventure-comedy film based on the 1993 children's book The Night at the Museum by Milan Trenc. It follows a divorced father trying to settle down, impress his son, and find his destiny...
, Tyrone is a night watchman
Security guard
A security guard is a person who is paid to protect property, assets, or people. Security guards are usually privately and formally employed personnel...
at a museum where the exhibits (Uniqua, a character from an Impressionist painting, General Pablo the statue, and Austocles (Austin), a figure on a Greek urn) come to life at night. Once Tyrone discovers them they play a game of tag and make a mess of the museum but manage to clean up before curator
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
Tasha returns to find them.
- Songs:
- "Who Goes There"
- "Tired of Hanging Around"
- "The Art is on the Loose"
- "The Splatter Paint Flamenco"
- Genre: FlamencoFlamencoFlamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....
- Catchphrase: "Who Goes There?"
- Note: in this episode Austin is orange and Pablo is dark blue.
- Snack: Tea and crumpets at Uniqua's house.
- DVD: High Flying Adventures
Blazing Paddles
Original airdate: 2008-04-11Uniqua is sheriff
Sheriff
A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
of the small Western town of Ping Pong Mesa. Tyrone is the town saloon barkeep, Tasha is the bar-room dancer and Austin is the Deputy. Then, a stranger enters the town: Pablo, the Ping Pong Bandit, who's the best ping pong player in the west. He challenges them to a game of ping pong and, if they lose, they lose their paddles until someone can beat him. Unfortunately, they lose. Finally, Uniqua challenges him and loses as well. She leaves the town in disgrace and, after finding a cactus that looks just like a ping-pong paddle, decides to practice up and return to town in disguise to beat Pablo. Can Uniqua, as the Pink Fury, beat the bandit at his own game and teach him to share?
- Songs:
- "The Sheriff Makes it Right"
- "Ping Pong"
- "I Must Be Ready"
- "No One Gets to Play Today"
- Genre: RaïRaïRaï is a form of folk music that originated in Oran, Algeria from Bedouin shepherds, mixed with Spanish, French, African and Arabic musical forms, which dates back to the 1930s....
- Catchphrase: So long, partner! (Tasha: I do declare)
- Snack: Nachos at Pablo's house.
- UK Variation: The snack is changed to Pasta
- DVD: Tale of the Mighty Knights
Garbage Trek
Original airdate: 2009-01-15In this Star Trek
Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...
-themed episode, Lieutenant Uniqua, Captain Tasha and Ensign Austin of the garbage collection space ship USS Collector roam the galaxy collecting space garbage. The Moose-ians, Pablo and Tyrone, try to take the garbage away by tricking them with fake distress calls.
- Songs:
- "Garbage Trek"
- "Trash Day"
- "That Garbage Funk"
- "You Can Do It"
- Genre: Jazz-FunkJazz-funkJazz-funk is a sub-genre of jazz music characterized by a strong back beat , electrified sounds, and often, the presence of the first electronic analog synthesizers...
- Catchphrases: Zip Speed! (Tasha), Garbage! Arr arr arr arr! (Moosians)
- Snack: Sloppy JoeSloppy joeA sloppy joe is an American dish of ground beef, onions, sweetened tomato sauce or ketchup and other seasonings, served on a hamburger bun. Commercially made sauces are also available. Textured vegetable protein may be used as a vegetarian substitute for the meat...
s at Uniqua's house (but offered by Pablo) - UK Variations: All references to "Trash" are changed to "Waste", and "Garbage" is changed to "Rubbish" (including the episode title and songs). The snack is changed to Fruit Salad.
- DVD: Tale of the Mighty Knights
Fly Girl
Original airdate: 2008-02-01Uniqua is a pilot who delivers singing telegrams. She delivers telegrams to grumpy Pirate Moody (Pablo) during ship-cleaning day, Maharani Tasha, who just wants some peace and quiet, and Tyrone the abominable snowman, who just finished making a path through the snow to his cave. Her arrival angers them until she sings her telegram. They want to thank her for making them feel better (by singing back), but she keeps running off because she thinks she's going to get in trouble. Can the three finally catch up with Uniqua to thank her?
- Songs:
- "Singing Telegram"
- "Clean Clean"
- "It's Great to Meet a Grump Like You"
- "Thank You"
- Genre: 1960-style Rock and RollRock and rollRock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...
- Catchphrase: Mi-mi-mi-mi-miiii! (Uniqua)
- Snack: Chocolate puddingChocolate puddingChocolate pudding is a class of dessert with chocolate flavors. There are two main types: a boiled then chilled, texturally a custard set with starch, version commonly eaten in the U.S., Canada, Sweden, and East and South East Asia; and a steamed/baked, texturally similar to cake, version that is...
at Uniqua's house (offered by Tyrone) - UK Variation: The snack is changed to Strawberry Smoothies.
- Absences: Austin
- DVD: High Flying Adventures
What's Bugging You?
Original airdate: 2008-05-12Uniqua and Tyrone are the Best Pest Control; they deal with household pests by talking to them instead of exterminating them. Lady Tasha hires them to deal with a pest problem (a worman) before Mr. Spiffy (Pablo) arrives. She's about to become a member of the Spiffy Club and he's here to look over her house. Unfortunately, everything Tyrone and Uniqua do seems to attract more wormans and then Mr. Spiffy arrives! Can they take care of the worman problem and keep Mr. Spiffy from seeing?
- Songs:
- "What's Bugging You?"
- "I'm Mr. Spiffy"
- "Get Those Little Critters"
- "Worman Worman Party" (Tune: Conga lineConga LineThe conga line is a Cuban carnival march that was first developed in Cuba and became popular in the United States in the 1930s and 1950s. The dancers form a long, processing line. It has three shuffle steps on the beat, followed by a kick that is slightly ahead of the fourth beat...
)
- Genre: RumbaRumbaRumba is a family of percussive rhythms, song and dance that originated in Cuba as a combination of the musical traditions of Africans brought to Cuba as slaves and Spanish colonizers. The name derives from the Cuban Spanish word rumbo which means "party" or "spree". It is secular, with no...
, Cha-cha-chaCha-cha-cha (music)The Cha-cha-chá is a style of Cuban music. It is popular dance music which developed from the danzón in the early 1950s.- Origin :As a dance music genre, cha-cha-chá is unusual in that its creation can be attributed to a single composer, Enrique Jorrín, then violinist and songwriter with the...
and CongaConga (music)Conga music is a style of Cuban music used to dance Conga. The most known Conga song is "Conga" of Gloria Estefan.-Parodies:*In Sesame Street, this type of music is titled "The Monster Clubhouse Conga" where the purple monster with pigtails named Googel, green monster Phoebe and blue monster Mel... - Catchphrase: What's bugging you? (Tyrone and Uniqua), I certainly wasn't expecting that. (Tyrone)
- Snack: CupcakeCupcakeA cupcake is a small cake designed to serve one person, frequently baked in a small, thin paper or aluminum cup...
s at Uniqua's house - UK Variations: All references to 'spiffy' are changed to 'tidy', including Mister Spiffy's name and the Spiffy Club. The snack is changed to Yogurt.
- In the kitchen scene if you look closely you'll notice the clock on the oven always says 12:00.
- Absences: Austin
- DVD: High Flying Adventures
Chichen-Itza Pizza
Original airdate: 2008-06-06Uniqua and Tasha own Chichen-Itza Pizza, in the middle of the Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
jungle
Jungle
A Jungle is an area of land in the tropics overgrown with dense vegetation.The word jungle originates from the Sanskrit word jangala which referred to uncultivated land. Although the Sanskrit word refers to "dry land", it has been suggested that an Anglo-Indian interpretation led to its...
. After getting the store set up, they get a call from King Tyrone, who wants them to deliver to his Great Golden Pyramid
Pyramid
A pyramid is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge at a single point. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilateral, or any polygon shape, meaning that a pyramid has at least three triangular surfaces...
. Uniqua, who thinks she knows a short-cut, accidentally goes to the Pyramid of the Earth and sets off a trap, which they barely escape. Can they make it through the Pyramids of the Waters and the Winds in one piece as well, and get King Tyrone his pizza while it's still hot?
- Songs:
- "Chichen-Itza Pizza (We Deliver)"
- "A Bicycle Built for Two" (tune: "Daisy BellDaisy Bell"Daisy Bell" is a popular song with the well-known chorus "Daisy, Daisy/Give me your answer do/I'm half crazy/all for the love of you" as well as the line "...a bicycle built for two".-History:"Daisy Bell" was composed by Harry Dacre in 1892...
") - "I Quit!"
- "Yum! (I Can't Wait to Eat That Pizza)"
- Genre: College fight songsFight songA fight song is primarily an American and Canadian sports term, referring to a song associated with a team. In both professional and amateur sports, fight songs are a popular way for fans to cheer for their team...
- Catchphrase: We Deliver! (Uniqua and Tasha), I have a bad feeling about this… (Tasha), Don't look down, don't look down, don't look down… (Tasha)
- Snack: More pizzaPizzaPizza is an oven-baked, flat, disc-shaped bread typically topped with a tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings.Originating in Italy, from the Neapolitan cuisine, the dish has become popular in many parts of the world. An establishment that makes and sells pizzas is called a "pizzeria"...
at Uniqua's house - Absences: Pablo and Austin
- DVD: High Flying Adventures
To The Center Of The Earth
Original airdate: 2008-03-07Tyrone has lost his lucky penny
Penny
A penny is a coin or a type of currency used in several English-speaking countries. It is often the smallest denomination within a currency system.-Etymology:...
. Brilliant inventors Uniqua and Pablo decide it must have fallen to the center of the earth and use their rocket drill to find it. They travel to the bouncy layer of the earth, the slippery diamond layer of the earth, then to the centre of the earth itself to get Tyrone's penny, but somehow their inventions just make things more difficult…
- Songs:
- "We're Inventors, Amazing Inventors"
- "Going to the Center of the Earth"
- "Doing the Diamond Slide"
- "Extendo-Arm"
- Genre: 1930 small novelty band (Raymond ScottRaymond ScottRaymond Scott was an American composer, band leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and electronic instrument inventor....
) - Catchphrase: My Penny! (Tyrone), Poppycock! (Pablo) Balderdash! (Uniqua) Inventions are always the way! (Pablo and Uniqua)
- Snack: Sweet potatoSweet potatoThe sweet potato is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are an important root vegetable. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. Of the approximately 50 genera and more than 1,000 species of...
fries at Tyrone's house - Absences: Tasha and Austin
- DVD: Robin Hood the Clean
Front Page News
Original airdate: 2008-06-27Tasha is the photographer for Bigopolis Big News, but also has a secret: she's SuperSnap, super fast superhero
Superhero
A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
and Bigopolis' newest hero! The city is under attack by a giant robot
Robot
A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
and her boss, Pablo the editor, asks her to get a picture of it and SuperSnap for the front page, but she's so busy helping out resident superheroes Bug Girl (Uniqua) and Captain Bubble (Tyrone) defeat the robot that she forgets to get a photo of herself. Can she help Captain Bubble and Bug Girl and get a front page picture of herself for Pablo?
- Songs:
- "I've Got a Secret Identity"
- "Front Page News"
- "Bug Girl"
- "Cheese, Cheese"
- Genre: Berlin Cabaret (Kurt WeillKurt WeillKurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht...
) - Catchphrase: (Tasha) "Can you guess what snack we're having?" (All) "CHEESE"!
- Snack: Cheese at Uniqua's house (but offered by Tasha)
- Absences: Austin
- DVD: Escape from Fairytale Village
Tale of the Mighty Knights (parts 1 and 2)
Original airdate: 2008-01-14A two part special shown as an hour long episode that follows the adventure of knights Uniqua and Tyrone after King Pablo orders them to guard an egg, chasing it through the wood and caves of the Grabbing Goblin
Goblin
A goblin is a legendary evil or mischievous illiterate creature, a grotesquely evil or evil-like phantom.They are attributed with various abilities, temperaments and appearances depending on the story and country of origin. In some cases, goblins have been classified as constantly annoying little...
(Austin) and the forest of the Flighty Fairy
Fairy
A fairy is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural or preternatural.Fairies resemble various beings of other mythologies, though even folklore that uses the term...
(Tasha). The egg leads them to Dragon
Dragon
A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...
Mountain to reveal what lies inside. The opening is different, with the theme song done in the style of 70's hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
, and the final song features vocals by Adam Pascal
Adam Pascal
Adam Pascal is an American actor and singer known for his performance as Roger Davis in the original cast of Jonathan Larson's musical Rent on Broadway 1996, the 2005 movie version of the musical, and the Broadway Tour of Rent in 2009...
.
- Songs:
- "We're Knights"
- "A Challenge"
- "The Grabbing Goblin's Song"
- "Tweedily-Dee"
- "Dragon Mountain"
- "I'm Not An Egg Anymore" (featuring Adam PascalAdam PascalAdam Pascal is an American actor and singer known for his performance as Roger Davis in the original cast of Jonathan Larson's musical Rent on Broadway 1996, the 2005 movie version of the musical, and the Broadway Tour of Rent in 2009...
)
- Genre: Rock OperaRock operaA rock opera is a work of rock music that presents a storyline told over multiple parts, songs or sections in the manner of opera. A rock opera differs from a conventional rock album, which usually includes songs that are not unified by a common theme or narrative. More recent developments include...
- Catchphrase: "We're knights, that's right!" (Austin: "Oh, the things Goblin has grabbed!") (Tasha: "tweedily dee")
- Note: In this episode austin is light green.
- Snack: Unknown at Pablo's house (Pablo mentions egg salad but he is just kidding)
- DVD: Tale of the Mighty Knights
Le Master Of Disguise
Original airdate: 2008-04-18Inspector Austin of the Paris police is chasing down Le Master of Disguise (Pablo), who he has cornered on the Orient Express
Orient Express
The Orient Express is the name of a long-distance passenger train service originally operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. It ran from 1883 to 2009 and is not to be confused with the Venice-Simplon Orient Express train service, which continues to run.The route and rolling stock...
bound for Istanbul
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
. All Austin has to identify Le Master of Disguise with is his nasty laugh. Can he ferret out Le Master of Disguise from the passengers of the train, including the Conductor
Conductor (transportation)
A conductor is a member of a railway train's crew that is responsible for operational and safety duties that do not involve the actual operation of the train. The title of conductor is most associated with railway operations in North America, but the role of conductor is common to railways...
(Uniqua), a Cowboy
Cowboy
A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of...
(Tyrone) and Tasha, the Circus Balancer
Equilibristics
Equilibristics is a blanket term for a number of circus skills which involve balancing or maintaining equilibrium. The term applies equally to acts in which the performer balances on a prop, and acts in which the performer balances or spins a prop....
, before the train reaches Istanbul and Le Master of Disguise makes his escape?
- Songs:
- "Le Master of Disguise"
- "Who Can it Be?"
- "I'm a Cowboy"
- "Could Le Master of Disguise Do This?"
- Genre: Jùjú musicJùjú musicJùjú is a style of Nigerian popular music, derived from traditional Yoruba percussion. The name comes from a Yoruba word "juju" or "jiju" meaning "throwing" or "something being thrown." Juju music did not derive its name from juju, which "is a form of magic and the use of magic objects or...
- Catchphrase: Heh heh heh! (Pablo), Laugh! (Austin) But you haven't said anything funny. (Uniqua, Tyrone and Tasha)
- Snack: CroissantCroissantA croissant is a buttery flaky pastry named for its distinctive crescent shape. It is also sometimes called a crescent, from the French word for "crescent". Croissants are made of a leavened variant of puff pastry...
s at Pablo's house - DVD: US:Escape from Fairytale Village UK:Tale of the Mighty Knights
Match On Mt. Olympus
Original airdate: 2008-08-04Pablo and Tyrone (the weatherman
Weather forecasting
Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
and sportscaster
Sportscaster
In sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator...
on an Ancient Greek
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...
news station) forecast sunny weather that is perfect for playing basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
. They are just about to start playing when it begins to rain. They decide to climb Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus is the highest mountain in Greece, located on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, about 100 kilometres away from Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city. Mount Olympus has 52 peaks. The highest peak Mytikas, meaning "nose", rises to 2,917 metres...
to ask Tasha, Goddess
Goddess
A goddess is a female deity. In some cultures goddesses are associated with Earth, motherhood, love, and the household. In other cultures, goddesses also rule over war, death, and destruction as well as healing....
of the Weather for sunshine. Along the way they meet and befriend Uniqua, the Goddess of Naps, and Austin, the God
God (male deity)
A god, as a male deity, contrasts with female deities, or "goddesses". While the term 'goddess' specifically refers to a female deity, the plural 'gods' can be applied to all gods collectively, regardless of gender....
of Laughter. In the end, along with the help of Uniqua and Austin, they end up challenging Tasha to a game of basketball. If they win, they get a sunny day, if she wins, it rains forever…
- Songs:
- "It's a Sunny Day"
- "The Gods of Mount Olympus" (tune: "Big Rock Candy MountainBig Rock Candy MountainBig Rock Candy Mountain, first recorded by Harry McClintock in 1928, is a song about a hobo's idea of paradise, a modern version of the medieval concept of Cockaigne...
") - "Basketball"
- "I'm Busy (So Busy)"
- Genre: SambaSambaSamba is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia and with its roots in Brazil and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival...
- Note: in this episode tyrone and pablo are normal size while austin and uniqua are doubled in size and tasha is tripled in size.
- Catchphrase: Thanks for watching! (Tyrone and Pablo)
- Snack: BaklavaBaklavaBaklava is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of filo pastry filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with syrup or honey. It is characteristic of the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire and much of central and southwest Asia....
at Pablo's house - DVD: Mighty Match-Up
The Great Dolphin Race
Original airdate: 2008-07-11Under the sea in Atlantis
Atlantis
Atlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written about 360 BC....
, Uniqua and Pablo run a dolphin
Dolphin
Dolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from and , up to and . They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, and are carnivores, mostly eating...
stable for their employer, Tyrone, the greatest dolphin racer under the ocean but with bad manners. One day, while exploring, Uniqua saves a small (and incredibly fast) dolphin from a giant clam
Clam
The word "clam" can be applied to freshwater mussels, and other freshwater bivalves, as well as marine bivalves.In the United States, "clam" can be used in several different ways: one, as a general term covering all bivalve molluscs...
. Uniqua asks if she can keep the dolphin (which she has named Sea Squirt) and train it as a racer, but Tyrone says it's too small. Uniqua then challenges Tyrone to a race: if she wins, she gets to keep Sea Squirt. If Tyrone wins, she and Sea Squirt have to leave.
- Songs:
- "We Love Dolphins"
- "Someday"
- "I'll Be With You All The Way" (Tune: Home on the RangeHome on the Range"Home on the Range" is the state song of Kansas, U.S.Home on the Range may also refer to:* Home on the Range , a drama directed by Arthur Jacobson* Home on the Range , a Disney animated feature film...
) - "The Greatest Dolphin Race"
- Genre: CumbiaCumbiaCumbia is a music genre popular across Latin America. The cumbia originated in the Caribbean coast of Colombia, where it is associated with an eponymous dance and has since spread as far as Mexico and Argentina...
- Catchphrase: Jumpin' Jellyfish! (Uniqua)
- Snack: Clam chowderClam chowderClam chowder is any of several chowders containing clams and broth. Along with the clams, diced potato is common, as are onions, which are occasionally sauteed in the drippings from salt pork or bacon. Celery is frequently used. Other vegetables are uncommon, but small carrot strips might...
at Uniqua's house - UK Variation: The snack is changed to Clam Salad.
- Absences: Tasha and Austin
- DVD: Mighty Match-Up
Caveman's Best Friend
Original airdate: 2009-01-13Austin the caveman wants a pet, so he goes to Uniqua's pet store and gets a dinosaur
Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
pup. Uniqua warns him that his pup is pretty wild and that he shouldn't take his leash off, but Austin is too far away to hear her. He goes to the park, removes the leash and the pup takes off. Can Austin, along with the help of Uniqua, Pablo the Police Officer and Tyrone the Fireman get his pup back?
- Songs:
- "I Wanna/Gotta Pet"
- "I Need a Hand"
- "Where Has My Dinosaur Gone" (Tune: "Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?Septimus WinnerSeptimus Winner is best known as a songwriter of the nineteenth century. He used his own name, and also the pseudonyms Alice Hawthorne, Percy Guyer, Mark Mason, Apsley Street, and Paul Stenton...
") - "Now Would Be a Good Time to Whistle"
- Genre: SoulSoul musicSoul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
(Sam CookeSam CookeSamuel Cook, , better known under the stage name Sam Cooke, was an American gospel, R&B, soul, and pop singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music. He is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocal abilities and...
) - Catchphrase:
*WHISTLE* (Austin) - Snack: Fresh strawberries and yogurt at Tyrone's house
- Absences: Tasha
- DVD: Mighty Match-Up
Ranch Hands from Outer Space
Original airdate: 2009-01-12Zoid zoid! Overworked rancher Tasha wants to hire some ranch hand
Cowboy
A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of...
s to help her out. Zuniqua and Zablo (Uniqua and Pablo) from the planet Zorbidor have landed their ship just outside her ranch. Their ship is out of fuel called zum-zum (which we know as pancakes), and they go to Tasha's ranch to search for some. Tasha thinks they're the ranch hands she's looking for and she hires them to help around the ranch for a big plate of pancakes (which is just what the two are searching for). Unfortunately for Tasha, Zuniqua and Zablo's alien abilities and tendency to take orders literally means this will be a pair of ranch hands she isn't likely to forget!
- Songs:
- "I Gotta Get To Work"
- "We'll Work For Pancakes"
- "Zoid Zoid Zoid"
- "Oh My!"
- Genre: 60’s Italian PopItalian popular musicThe expression Italian Popular Music refers to the musical output which is not usually considered Academic or Classical Music but rather have its roots in the popular traditions, and it may be defined in two ways: it can either be defined in terms of the current geographical location of the Italian...
- Catchphrase: Zoid zoid! (Pablo and Uniqua) Oh My! (Tasha)
- Snack: Blueberry pancakes at Uniqua's house
- Absences: Tyrone and Austin
- DVD: Mighty Match-Up
Robin Hood the Clean
Original airdate: 2009-02-27Welcome to the village of Filthingham, the muddiest, filthiest, grossest village in the world. Uniqua, Tyrone, and Tasha wish they could all take baths and be clean, but their mayor, Austin Stinkypants, has forbidden cleanliness and locked all of their soap and shampoo (Including Tyrone's Rubber Ducky and Robin Hood's "Mitty") in the dungeon. To make matters worse, today is the Festival of Dirt, which means everything will be even dirtier. Deciding that enough is enough, Tyrone sneaks out of the town to Purewood forest to find Robin Hood
Robin Hood
Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....
the Clean (Pablo), in the hopes that he can help Filthingham and it's villagers. Can Robin Hood break the villagers cleaning supplies out of the dungeon so everyone can finally take a bath, and maybe teach the mayor to like being clean too?
- Songs:
- "Everything is Filthy in Filthingham"
- "We Wish We Could Wash"
- "Robin Hood the Clean"
- "The Festival of Soap"
- Genre: Countrypolitan
- Catchphrase: We're clean! (Tyrone, Tasha and Uniqua)
- Snack: Oatmeal raisin cookies at Pablo's house
- UK Variation: The town is called Rottingham - probably to sound like NottinghamNottinghamNottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...
, the principal city in the Robin HoodRobin HoodRobin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....
legend. - DVD: Robin Hood the Clean
Escape from Fairytale Village
Original airdate: 2009-06-05Tyrone the paperboy
Paperboy
A paperboy is the general name for a person employed by a newspaper, They are often used around the office to run low end errands. They make copies and distribute them. Paperboys traditionally were and are still often portrayed on television and movies as preteen boys, often on a bicycle...
has a new route through the forest in Fairytale village. There he meets Uniqua the witch (from Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel
"Hansel and Gretel" is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister threatened by a cannibalistic hag living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children...
), Pablo the giant
Giant (mythology)
The mythology and legends of many different cultures include monsters of human appearance but prodigious size and strength. "Giant" is the English word commonly used for such beings, derived from one of the most famed examples: the gigantes of Greek mythology.In various Indo-European mythologies,...
(from Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk is a folktale said by English historian Francis Palgrave to be an oral legend that arrived in England with the Vikings. The tale is closely associated with the tale of Jack the Giant-killer. It is known under a number of versions...
), and Austin the wolf (from The Three Little Pigs). They want to invite him over for lunch as a sign of friendship, but Tyrone, who has read one fairy tale
Fairy tale
A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...
too many, thinks they want to invite him as lunch…
- Songs:
- "Newspaper, Newspaper!"
- "You're in Fairytale Village"
- "Gotta Dash"
- "Why Does Everyone Want to Eat Me?"
- Genre: Bluegrass musicBluegrass musicBluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
- Catchphrase: Newspaper! (Tyrone) (Uniqua, Austin, and Pablo: paperboy! I'd like to have you for breakfast/lunch/dinner!)
- Snack: Unknown at Tyrone's House
- Absences: Tasha
- DVD: Escape from Fairytale Village
Pirate Camp
Original airdate: 2008-06-09Uniqua and a visibly nervous Pablo attend Camp Walkaplanka, Captain Austin's pirate camp. Aboard his ship, Captain Austin instructs the campers in the fundamentals of pirating and they learn to heave-ho, swashbuckle and scallawag. When Austin accidentally steps into the boot of the ghost
Ghost
In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to...
Captain Redboots (Tasha), pulling the ship to her island and Austin to Redboots' cave, Uniqua and Pablo have to rescue him. Can they save Austin from the curse of Redboots and show they have the 'piratitude' to become true pirates?
- Songs:
- "Pirate Camp"
- "(You Gotta Have) Piratitude"
- "The Scalawag"
- "Red Boots"
- Genre: Garage BandGarage rockGarage rock is a raw form of rock and roll that was first popular in the United States and Canada from about 1963 to 1967. During the 1960s, it was not recognized as a separate music genre and had no specific name...
- Catchphrase: "Arrr!" (Pablo and Uniqua) "My boooo-oooot!" (Tasha) "Ooh, shiny..." (Pablo) "Don't touch that boot!" (Austin)
- Snack: Tuna melts at Uniqua's house
- UK Variation: The snack is changed to Tuna Sandwiches
- Note: in this episode tasha is yellow green, until she puts her boot back on, then she is normal.
- Absences: Tyrone
- DVD: Escape from Fairytale Village, We Arrrr Pirates!
The Two Musketeers
Original airdate: 2009-01-14Bonjour! Pablo and Tyrone are the Two Musketeers; Musketeers are full of style, grace, have impeccable manners and can make beautiful balloon animals. They fight against the Empress, whose guards (Uniqua and Austin) pursue them. A masked lady (Tasha) joins with them in the hopes of becoming the Third Musketeer, but Tyrone and Pablo refuse. Later, they are captured by the guards and thrown into the palace prison, where it's up to Tasha to break them out. Can she help them escape and become the third Musketeer? And just who is she behind that mask?
- Songs:
- "It's Great to Be a Musketeer"
- "Number Three"
- "We Don't Care For the Empress"
- "In the Name of the Empress"
- Genre: Son Cubano
- Catchphrase: One! Two! Three! The three Musketeers! (Tyrone, Pablo and Tasha)
- note: when tasha shows she is the empress her face is white. probalby from makeup.
- Snack: CakeCakeCake is a form of bread or bread-like food. In its modern forms, it is typically a sweet and enriched baked dessert. In its oldest forms, cakes were normally fried breads or cheesecakes, and normally had a disk shape...
at Pablo's house (but offered by Tasha) - DVD: Robin Hood the Clean
The Masked Retriever
Original airdate: 2009-04-23In a parody of Zorro
Zorro
Zorro is a fictional character created in 1919 by New York-based pulp writer Johnston McCulley. The character has been featured in numerous books, films, television series, and other media....
, Uniqua is the librarian
Librarian
A librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs...
in Viejo, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, a job she loves. But, when a book isn't returned on time, she becomes the Masked Retriever, savior of overdue library books! Tasha wants to take out a book that is overdue: Don Austin has it but won't give it back. Can The Masked Retriever, with the help of her black stallion
Stallion
A Stallion is a male horse.Stallion may also refer to:* Stallion , an American pop rock group* Stallion , a figure in the Gobot toyline* Stallion , a character in the console role-playing game series...
Toronado, get the book back from Don Austin and his guards Pablo and Tyrone before he crosses the border to Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and escapes The Masked Retriever's grasp?
- Songs:
- "The Masked Retriever"
- "I Love the Library" (tune: Humoresque No. 7 in G flat major by Antonín DvořákAntonín DvorákAntonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
) - "I'm Going to Get That Book"
- "(Looks Like We Got Us) A Happy, Happy Ending"
- Genre: Herb Alpert and The Tijuana BrassHerb AlpertHerbert "Herb" Alpert is an American musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, or TJB. He is also a recording industry executive — he is the "A" of A&M Records...
- Catchphrase: I am The Masked Retriever! (Uniqua)
- Snack: Vegetable quesadillaQuesadillaA quesadilla is a flour or corn tortilla filled with a savoury mixture containing cheese and other ingredients, then folded in half to form a half-moon shape. This dish originated in Mexico, and the name is derived from the Spanish word queso ....
s at Uniqua's house - DVD: Robin Hood the Clean
Robot Rampage (parts 1 and 2)
In this two-part episode, Austin and his robotRobot
A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
Roscoe run Rapid Robot Repair in Mega City. Unfortunately, robots never break down, making Austin's job somewhat pointless. Suddenly the robots belonging to Uniqua, Tyrone and Tasha malfunction, along with every other robot except Roscoe. Professor Bug (Pablo) is making all the robots in the city malfunction so he can take over. It's up to Austin, his repair skills and the help of his friends to defeat Professor Bug and fix all the robots in Mega City. Like "Tale of the Mighty Knights", and "International Super Spy", this episode has a special opening, following the assembly of Robot Roscoe to roller disco music. But unlike those two specials, there is no guest star actor.
- Songs:
- "Robots Never Ever Break"
- "Robot on a Rampage"
- "Professor Bug"
- "Screw Loose"
- "I Get Whatever I Want"
- "Like a Robot"
- "Give Me the Remote"
- Genre: Roller DiscoDiscoDisco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
- Catchphrase: All systems A-OK. (All)
- Note: in this episode while they are at the robotics lab everyone (except Pablo) is white.
- Snack: Rocky road ice creamRocky road ice creamRocky road ice cream is a chocolate flavor. Though there are variations on the flavor, it is traditionally composed of chocolate ice cream, nuts, and marshmallows...
at Pablo's house - DVD: Robot Repairman
Catch that Train!
Uniqua is the engineer for Czar Tyrone of RussiaRussia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. The Czar, along with his assistant Pablo Pablovich and his bag with everything the Czar needs, are heading to the Winter Palace
Winter Palace
The Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was, from 1732 to 1917, the official residence of the Russian monarchs. Situated between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, adjacent to the site of Peter the Great's original Winter Palace, the present and fourth Winter Palace was built and...
. Tyrone takes a nap on the train and Pablo accidentally releases the train's external brake. Uniqua and Pablo chase the train across Russia on a handcar
Handcar
A handcar is a railroad car powered by its passengers, or by people pushing the car from behind. It is mostly used as a maintenance of way or mining car, but it was also used for passenger service in some cases...
, a horsedrawn sleigh and ski
Ski
A ski is a long, flat device worn on the foot, usually attached through a boot, designed to help the wearer slide smoothly over snow. Originally intended as an aid to travel in snowy regions, they are now mainly used for recreational and sporting purposes...
s, but will they ever catch up with the train?
- Songs:
- "Yes Sir, I Am the Engineer"
- "We've Got to Catch That Train!"
- "Don't Sleepwalk on the Train"
- "It Was a Really Good Choo-choo Ride"
- Genre: RagtimeRagtimeRagtime is an original musical genre which enjoyed its peak popularity between 1897 and 1918. Its main characteristic trait is its syncopated, or "ragged," rhythm. It began as dance music in the red-light districts of American cities such as St. Louis and New Orleans years before being published...
- Catchphrase: We've got to catch that train! (Uniqua) "coming, coming!" (Pablo)
- Snack: Macaroni and cheeseMacaroni and cheeseMacaroni and cheese, also known as "mac and cheese", "macaroni cheese" in British English, or "macaroni pie" in Caribbean English, is a casserole consisting of cooked macaroni and cheese sauce...
at Pablo's house - Absences: Tasha and Austin
- DVD: Robot Repairman
Attack of the 50 Foot Worman
University scientists Uniqua and Pablo have created a growth formula. When feeding the lab worman (Sherman) some popcornPopcorn
Popcorn, or popping corn, is corn which expands from the kernel and puffs up when heated. Corn is able to pop because, like sorghum, quinoa and millet, its kernels have a hard moisture-sealed hull and a dense starchy interior. This allows pressure to build inside the kernel until an explosive...
, Uniqua accidentally leaves the cage open, it escapes and gets sprayed with the formula. The worman begins to randomly and uncontrollably grow, causing chaos all across the university. Uniqua gets Groundskeeper Tyrone to help her catch the rapidly growing worman as Pablo tries to create a shrink formula. Just how big can a worman get?
- Songs:
- "I'm a Scientist"
- "Mix It Up"
- "Where'd It Go?"
- "That Worman Must Shrink"
- Genre: JazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
- Catchphrase: I made a shrink formula! (Uniqua and Pablo), (Uniqua, Pablo: That's why they call it an experiment.)
- Snack: Popcorn at Pablo's House
- Absences: Tasha and Austin
- DVD: Robot Repairman
Dragon Express
It's Pablo's first day on the job with the Dragon Express package delivery service. He and his dragonDragon
A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...
Maverick report for duty to the delivery terminal in the mountains of Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
where they meet Air Boss Uniqua along with fellow driver Austin and his dragon Windy. As they make deliveries to Cliff Top Castle and the Mountain Mine, Pablo teaches Austin the art of fancy flying. When Pablo gets into trouble delivering a package to the Ice Palace, Austin has to use his newly-learned fancy flying skills to help his friend.
- Songs:
- "Dragon Express"
- "Fancy Flying"
- "Dragon Jock"
- "Woo Hoo"
- Genre: StraussJohann Strauss IIJohann Strauss II , also known as Johann Baptist Strauss or Johann Strauss, Jr., the Younger, or the Son , was an Austrian composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles, and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas...
WaltzWaltz (music)A waltz, or valse from the French term, is a piece of music in triple meter, most often written in time signature but sometimes in 3/8 or 3/2... - Catchphrase: Woo hoo! (Pablo, Austin & Uniqua) Piece of Cake (Pablo)
- Snack: A piece of cake at Austin's house
- Absences: Tyrone and Tasha
- DVD: Join the Adventurers' Club
Flower Power
Flower seller Uniqua is pricked by the thorn of an unusual flower when getting more flowers from Pablo's greenhouse and gains the ability to fly and fire three kinds of rays from her hands that create flowers of any size, make rainbows and fire bursts of pollen. As Flower Girl, she defends and beautifies the ironically flower-free Garden City. But can she protect window washer Tyrone, trolley driver Tasha and gardener Pablo from the wicked Gloom Meister (Austin) and his Shadow Ray? And what of his Gloomsday Machine?- Songs:
- "Everything Is Rosy (When I'm Around)"
- "Superhero Practice"
- "Me And My Shadows"
- "(Don't Argue With Me) This Is My Song"
- Genre: RebetikoRebetikoRebetiko, plural rebetika, , occasionally transliterated as Rembetiko, is a term used today to designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek folk music which have come to be grouped together since the so-called rebetika revival, which started in the 1960s and developed further from the early...
- Catchphrase: Flower Power! (Uniqua) MUA-HA-HA-HA-HAAA! (Austin)
- Snack: SunflowerSunflowerSunflower is an annual plant native to the Americas. It possesses a large inflorescence . The sunflower got its name from its huge, fiery blooms, whose shape and image is often used to depict the sun. The sunflower has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves and circular heads...
seeds at Uniqua's house. - DVD: Join the Adventurers' Club
The Funnyman Boogeyman
Original airdate: 2009-10-26The Boo Crew (Uniqua and Pablo) are spooky-creature hunters, out to nab their first creature ever. But the Boogeyman they've found (Austin) is just a comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
looking for an audience. Can he convince the Boo Crew he's not really scary and maybe make them laugh, too?
- Songs:
- "The Boo Crew"
- "Find Me"
- "Catch That Boogeyman"
- "Giant Shoes"
- Genre: Martinique BeguineBeguine (dance)The beguine is a dance and music form, similar to a slow rumba, that was popular in the 1930s, coming from the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, where in local Creole Beke or Begue means a White person, and Beguine is the female form...
- Catchphrase: AAAAAAAHH-HA-HA-HA-HA!!! (Austin) Boo-ya! (Pablo and Uniqua)
- Snack: Banana splitBanana splitA banana split is an ice cream-based dessert. In its classic form it is served in a long dish called a boat. A banana is cut in half lengthwise and laid in the dish. There are many variations, but the classic banana split is made with scoops of vanilla, chocolate and strawberry ice cream served in...
s at Austin's House - Note: In this episode Austin is ghostly blue.
- Animation error: During the song "Find Me", there are no decorations on one of the doors. But when Austin says "All my goofs and gags I know you will enjoy", decorations appear on the door.
- Absences: Tyrone and Tasha
- DVD: Join the Adventurers' Club
Follow the Feather
After finding the feather of the never-before-seen, flying, polka-dottedPolka dot
Polka dot is a pattern consisting of an array of filled circles, generally equally sized and spaced relatively closely in relation to their diameters. Polka dots are most commonly seen on children's clothing, toys, and furniture, but they appear in a wide array of contexts...
pony
Pony
A pony is a small horse . Depending on context, a pony may be a horse that is under an approximate or exact height at the withers, or a small horse with a specific conformation and temperament. There are many different breeds...
Tyrone enlists the help of the other members of the Adventurers' Club (Pablo and Tasha) to track down the pony. As the Adventurers travel to Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
to carry out their search they receive help from a mysterious lady (Uniqua) who tells them they must "Follow the feather".
- Songs:
- "Watch Her Fly"
- "Follow The Feather"
- "Things Could Always Be Worse"
- "She Won't Fly"
- Genre: Psychedelic RockPsychedelic rockPsychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
- Catchphrase: Tally Ho! (Tyrone) Follow the Feather (Uniqua & Tyrone)
- Snack: Samosas at Pablo's house
- Absences: Austin
- DVD: Join the Adventurers' Club
Break Out!
Sister princesses Uniqua and Tasha have been locked up in the castle tower for a very long time, but they plan to break out with the help of their magic mirror (Austin). However, castle guards Pablo and Tyrone, along with their security camera and traps don't plan to make this easy for them...- Songs:
- "Break Out!"
- "You Can't Get Out of Here"
- "Dance For Your Life"
- "The Chase Is On"
- Genre: Wall of SoundWall of SoundThe Wall of Sound is a music production technique for pop and rock music recordings developed by record producer Phil Spector at Gold Star Studios in Los Angeles, California, during the early 1960s...
/Girl groupGirl groupA girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production... - Catchphrase: Breakout! (Tasha and Uniqua) It's go time! (Tasha and Uniqua)
- Snack: Tea and crumpetCrumpetA crumpet is a savoury griddle cake made from flour and yeast. It is eaten mainly in the United Kingdom and other nations of the Commonwealth. Crumpets are somewhat similar in appearance, not in flavor, to North American pancakes, where both have pores caused by expanding air bubbles.- Etymology...
s at Tasha's house - DVD: Escape From The Tower
The Action Elves Save Christmas Eve
Original airdate: 2009-12-07Sometimes, Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
doesn't go as smoothly as it should. When it doesn't, Santa (voiced by Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien
Conan Christopher O'Brien is an American television host, comedian, writer, producer and performer. Since November 2010 he has hosted Conan, a late-night talk show that airs on the American cable television station TBS....
) calls on Snappy (Uniqua), Mr. Jingles (Pablo), and Flappy (Tasha): the Action Elves! With their tiny hammers, capable of building anything they need, they spring into action at a moments notice. Santa's sack has been stolen by the Abominable Brothers (Tyrone and Austin) and if Santa doesn't get it back, there will be no Christmas…
As with The Secret Of Snow this episode is usually only shown during the Christmas season.
- Songs:
- "Action Elves"
- "Magic Sack"
- "Snowball Fight"
- "To Fill the Sack for Santa" (Tune: The Twelve Days of ChristmasThe Twelve Days of Christmas (song)"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol that enumerates a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas. Although first published in England in 1780, textual evidence may indicate the song is French in origin...
)
- Genre: Memphis soulMemphis soulMemphis soul, also known as Memphis Sound, is stylish, funky, uptown soul music that is not as hard-edged as Southern soul. It is a shimmering, sultry style produced in the 1960s and 1970s at Stax and Hi Records in Memphis, Tennessee, featuring melodic unison horn lines, organ, bass, and a driving...
- Catchphrase: Merry Christmas! (all) Snap to it! (Uniqua) What did you say? (Tasha)
- Note: in this episode Tyrone and Austin are purple with white fur. Technicly this is the only episode where they don't wear clothes.
- Snack: Egg nog at Pablo's house
- DVD: Christmas With The Backyardigans
Los Galacticos
Pablo, Tyrone, and Tasha are the world-famous Mariachi band Los Galacticos. After receiving a new tour bus, they quickly learn that it's actually a spaceship! After accidentally launching themselves into space, and learning that Earth is in danger of attack from the Googors (Uniqua and Austin), they decide it is their duty to defend the Earth. Too bad they have no idea how to fly the ship yet...- Songs:
- "Los Galacticos"
- "We Love Goo"
- "Pushing Every Button"
- "Earth Es Muy Bueno"
- Genre: MariachiMariachiMariachi is a genre of music that originated in the State of Jalisco, in Mexico. It is an integration of stringed instruments highly influenced by the cultural impacts of the historical development of Western Mexico. Throughout the history of mariachi, musicians have experimented with brass, wind,...
- Catchphrase: Los Galacticos! (Tyrone, Tasha and Pablo) Let's goo this. (Uniqua and Austin)
- Snack: Chips and Salsa at Tyrone's house
- Note: This is the first time Austin appeared without his tail.
- DVD: Escape From The Tower
For the Love of Socks!
Folder Uniqua, Static-tester Pablo, and Sockmatcher Tyrone work in the world's sock factory, under the watchful eye of Foreman Tasha. But, when the sock machine goes berserk after Tasha loses her pencil in it, they enter the machine's cavernous depths to find it. Using their specific skills, can they find Tasha's pencil so the machine can run properly, or will it get away from them again?- Songs:
- "Socks, Wonderful Socks"
- "That's My Job, That's My Job"
- "A Life Without Socks Is Not a Life For Me"
- "Gotta Get the Pencil"
- Genre: Bhangra
- Catchphrase: For the love of socks! (Tasha), In all my days/years, I've never seen anything like it...(Tyrone), Eh, I wouldn't worry about it. (Pablo)
- In this episode before the enter the machine someone comments that nobody knows whats inside. Yet as they travel through they know about the parts they're in.
- Snack: Grilled cheese sandwiches at Tasha's house
- Absences: Austin
- DVD: Escape From The Tower
The Flipper!
Uniqua, Pablo and Tasha are the Meteor Watcher Squad, who keep an eye on the sky for meteors that might endanger the Earth. After learning a meteor is headed straight for Earth, Pablo, inventor of the Amazing Rocket Racket, his (untested) anti-meteor device, gets coated with a vial of space goo and transforms into a giant HulkHulk (comics)
The Hulk is a fictional character, a superhero in the . Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 ....
-like creature called the Flipper whenever he gets overexcited about the meteor. The only thing that calms him back to normal is his teddy bear. Can Tasha and Uniqua keep Pablo from Flipping out long enough to save the planet?
- Songs:
- "Today Could Be the Day (the Big Big Day)"
- "Where Is Meteor?"
- "Don't Flip Out"
- "Meteor Watcher"
- Genre: Bo DiddleyBo DiddleyEllas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...
-style rock - Catchphrase: METEORRRR!!! (Pablo)
- Note:in this episode pablo occasonally turns into the flipper. While as the flipper he is light green, doubled in size, and is more muscular.
- Snack: Oatmeal raisin cookies at Pablo's house
- Absences: Tyrone and Austin
- DVD: Operation Elephant Drop
Elephant on the Run
Delivery Agents Pablo and Tyrone never miss a delivery, but when they head to India to deliver an elephant to the Dandeli Nature Preserve for Park Ranger Tasha, they may have met their match in the form of Miss Rhamaswami (Uniqua) and her assistant Austin-Ji (Austin), who steal the elephant because Miss Rhamaswami has always wanted one for a pet. Can Tyrone and Pablo recover and deliver the elephant or will this be the one package they lose?- Songs:
- "We Are Delivery Agents"
- "Havin' an Elephant As a Pet"
- "Elephant Where Could You Be?"
- "Right Where She Belongs"
- Genre: Alternative rockAlternative rockAlternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
- Catchphrase: We never lose a package! (Pablo and Tyrone), That'll work... (Tyrone), Very good Miss Rhamaswami. (Austin)
- Snack: Mango LassiLassiLassi is a popular and traditional yogurt-based drink of the Indian Subcontinent. It is made by blending yogurt with water and Indian spices...
at Tyrone's house - DVD: Operation Elephant Drop
The Magic Skateboard
Uniqua, Pablo, Tyrone and Austin are taking part in the Showoff Showdown in Skatesburg, deep in the desert for the Golden Ollie trophy. Tyrone is new to skateboarding and is unsure of himself, but Uniqua gives him some tips. After his skateboard breaks, he finds a skateboard in a cave and begins boarding better than he ever has, but the board doesn't makes the skater, the skater makes the board...- Songs:
- "The Showoff Showdown"
- "Get a Little Better"
- "I Found the Magic Skateboard"
- "May the Best Dude Win"
- Genre: ForróForróForró is a kind of Northeastern Brazilian dance as well as a word used to denote the different genres of music which accompanies the dance. Both are much in evidence during the annual Festa Junina , a part of Brazilian traditional culture which celebrates some Catholic saints...
- Catchphrase: Sweet! (Tyrone) The board doesn't make the skater, the skater makes the board. (Uniqua)
- Snack: Frozen yogurtFrozen yogurtFrozen yogurt is a frozen dessert containing yogurt or other dairy products. It is slightly more tart than ice cream, as well as lower in fat...
at Pablo's house - Absences: Tasha
- DVD: Operation Elephant Drop
Pablor and the Acorns
The Acorn scouts, Tyrone, Tasha, and Austin, plan to climb Buttercup mountain to earn their mountain-climbing merit badges. Meanwhile, up in space, galactic warlords Uniquor (Uniqua) and Pablor (Pablo) battle for the crystal of power and control of the universe. After a short battle with Uniquor, Pablor crash-lands on Earth and the crystal lands on the top of Buttercup mountain. The Acorns offer to lead the brusque and rude Pablor to the top of the mountain, and, along the way, teach him some skills and eventually make friends with him. Unfortunately, Uniquor knows where the crystal is, too, and is on her way.- Songs:
- "Acorns"
- "The Crystal of Power"
- "Hold my Hand"
- "I'd Rather Be an Acorn (Than Rule the Universe)"
- Genre: Society Band
- Catchphrase: I'd rather be an acorn! (Pablo)
- Note: In this episode Pablor, and Uniquor are dressed like darth vader from star wars.
- Snack: Cookout at Pablo's house
- DVD: Christmas With The Backyardigans
Super Team Awesome!
Tyrone is the tour guide for Old Gushie cavern, at the bottom of which is Old Gushie; the first volcano to erupt on schedule like a geyserGeyser
A geyser is a spring characterized by intermittent discharge of water ejected turbulently and accompanied by a vapour phase . The word geyser comes from Geysir, the name of an erupting spring at Haukadalur, Iceland; that name, in turn, comes from the Icelandic verb geysa, "to gush", the verb...
. A boulder breaks loose and threatens to plug Old Gushie and Tyrone calls a superhero for help. Three arrive: Princess Strong Blossom (Uniqua) with her super strength, Pirate Pablo, with his ability to blow powerful wind from his mouth and Jungle Girl (Tasha), with the ability to mimic any animal ability. Can the three of them use their powers to prevent the boulder from plugging Old Gushie, or will the Earth crack in half?
- Songs:
- "I'm a Tour Guide"
- "I'm A Superhero"
- "Super Heroes For Goodness Sake"
- "Super Team Awesome"
- Genre: American Country RockCountry rockCountry rock is sub-genre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock with country. The term is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s, beginning with Bob Dylan and The Byrds; reaching its greatest...
- Catchphrase: Go Super Team Awesome! (all), People, people! *clapclap* (Tyrone) super (animal) powers! (Tasha)
- Sn ack: Animal crackerAnimal crackerAnimal crackers are crackers in the shapes of animals, some brands of which are sweetened. These are usually animals one would see at the zoo or circus, including lions, tigers, bears, and elephants....
s at Tasha's house - Absences: Austin
- DVD: Operation Elephant Drop
The Big Dipper Diner
Original airdate: 2011-02-25Uniqua and Pablo, the waitress and cook of the Big Dipper Diner ("The best cafe in the Milky Way!", also referred to "The tastiest place in outer space!") are setting up for the day and awaiting their best customers: space officers Tasha and Tyrone. On their way to the diner, the space officers get a warning that an alien named Blaarg who likes shrinking things is in the area. Meanwhile, an extremely affectionate alien named Hugs arrives at the diner who is the same species as Blaarg. Now Pablo and Uniqua have to help Tasha and Tyrone catch Blaarg and keep them from accidentally arresting Hugs — and the fact that both aliens are dressed almost the same isn't making things any easier!
- Songs:
- "The Big Dipper Diner"
- "Two Eggs Moony-side Up"
- "Something Suspicious Going On"
- "Stop That Alien!"
- Genre:HootenannyAmerican folk musicAmerican folk music is a musical term that encompasses numerous genres, many of which are known as traditional music or roots music. Roots music is a broad category of music including bluegrass, country music, gospel, old time music, jug bands, Appalachian folk, blues, Cajun and Native American...
- Catchphrase: Order up!
- Snack: Root-beer floats at Pablo's house
- Absences: Austin
- DVD: Christmas With The Backyardigans
The Amazing Splashinis
Original air date-2010-05-28Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone are the world's greatest synchronized diving
Synchronized diving
Synchronized diving is an Olympic sport. First brought to the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia in 2000, the event features two divers who attempt to perform identical or mirrored dives...
team, the Amazing Splashinis. They want to perform their newest and most daring trick, the Sextuple Somersault Splash, but a playful sea monster is taking up all the room in their pool. Can the Amazing Splashinis get rid of the sea monster and do the Sextuple Somersault Splash, or are they all washed up?
- Songs:
- "The High Dive"
- "The Sextuple Somersault Splash"
- "Let's Go"
- "You'd Make a Great Splashini"
- Genre: Balalaika orchestra
- Catchphrase: "The Sextuple Somersault Splash!"
- Snack: Tuna fish sandwiches at Uniqua's house
- Absences: Tasha and Austin
- DVD: Christmas With The Backyardigans
The Tale of the Not-So-Nice Dragon
In this sequel to Tale of the Mighty Knights, Tasha the Flighty Fairy and Austin the Grabbing Goblin are off to a tea party at King Pablo's castle, along with his knights Uniqua and Tyrone. Unfortunately, the castle is attacked by a mean-spirited red dragon which captures the knights and king when they try to tame it by grabbing the dragon's tail and counting to ten. Now it's up to Tasha and Austin to rescue them from the dragon's cave, with the help of Dragon. Can they free the king and his knights, and maybe make the not-so-nice dragon nice, too?- Songs:
- "A Wonderful Day for Tea"
- "We're Not Knights"
- "We're Stuck in a Cave"
- "Mini-Muffins (For Major Heroes)"
- Genre: 1930s Broadway
- Catchphrase: "Mini-muffin?" "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10!"
- Note: In this episode Austin is his normal color, In "Tale of the Mighty Knights" he was green.
- Snack: Tea party at Tyrone's house
- DVD: We Arrrr Pirates!
External links
- The Backyardigans Episode Guide at About.com