The Pirate Adventure

**The Pirate Adventure!** (also known as **Give Us Back Our Treasure!** or **The Pirate Play**) is a *Happy Tree Friends Adventures* TV movie musical and the first double-length episode of the series. It is also the 18th episode (19th in earlier airings) of Season 3. During Season 4, this episode was aired for the first time on Nick Jr. on January 17, 2005.

## Characters

* Giggles
* Cuddles
* Purse
* Map
* Lifty
* Fiesta Trio
* Toothy
* Petunia
* Sniffles
* Nutty
* Baby Jaguar
* Mami
* Papi
* Abuela
* Daisy
* Boots' mother
* Boots' father
* Boots' sisters (debut)
* Benny's grandmother
* Benny's grandfather (debut)
* Isa's mother
* Isa's father (debut)
* Tico's mother
* Tico's father
* Tico's cousins
* Pirate Parrot
* Russell
* Flaky
* Hero Star (debut)

## Summary

Yo ho ho! Giggles and all her friends are putting on a musical Pirate Play, and the viewer is part of the cast! But when the Russell and Flaky accidentally steal Giggles' treasure chest of costumes to Treasure Island (mistaking them as a treasure filled with gold), she and her friends need to set sail on a musical journey to get it back! Shiver me timbers! They'll need the viewer's sing-along to help to get past the Seven Seas, the Singing Bridge, the Big Bad Rocks, a wild whale, a sneaky Lifty, and more! Along the way, try to catch singing stars, including Hero Star, the strongest Explorer Star of them all! Giggles' special musical adventure will have the viewer singing and exploring! So come on, mateys! ¡Vámanos!

## Plot

The episode begins with Giggles peeking out through the curtains of a stage. She says hello to the viewer, then explains that she, Cuddles, Sniffles, Petunia, Toothy, Nutty and Baby Jaguar are putting on a play about pirates. Giggles asks the viewer if they like to sing and dance. In Giggles' response she loves to sing and dance and does Cuddles, Sniffles, Petunia, Toothy, Nutty, and Baby Jaguar. Everybody then begins singing "We Love to Sing". After the song, Giggles asks the viewer if they want to join their pirate play. The viewer accepted the request. Then, Giggles shows the viewer a cannon showing that whenever it booms, everyone says, "Give us back our treasure!" Giggles and the gang practice the line a few times. Giggles and Cuddles take a peek at their families. After that, Sniffles, Petunia, Toothy, Nutty and Baby Jaguar wanted to know where their pirate costumes were. Giggles tells them that the costumes were in the treasure chest. Giggles and Cuddles pull it out and they sing "Pirate Costumes". The viewer looks in the chest for a pirate hat for Sniffles, pirate boots for Cuddles, a pirate patch for Toothy, a spotting scope for Petunia, a golden hook for Nutty and a flag for Baby Jaguar. The gang continues to sing "Pirate Costumes". Suddenly, the music stops and Sniffles' stomach growls. "I wish I ate," says Sniffles. The song resumes telling the viewer that they're all going to be in the big pirate play.

All of a sudden, Russell and Flaky were looking for treasure. Russell sings his song while his girlfriend, Flaky joins in. After the tune, Russell sees the treasure chest which they did not know had costumes. Russell and Flaky hid behind the treasure chest. Nearby, Giggles and Cuddles were practicing their lines. They got interrupted when they saw that the Russell and Flaky have come. They take their treasure chest filled with costumes. They both thought it had gold in the chest. Russell and Flaky return to their pirate ship taking the treasure chest filled with costumes with them. Giggles and the gang tried to stop them, but they were long gone. If Giggles and the gang do not get their treasure chest back, they cannot dress up as pirates. But not only that, if they cannot dress up as pirates, they cannot put on a pirate play.

Everybody except Giggles turns away as they sadly sang "We cannot do the play without our pirate costumes" twice. Giggles had a thought of an idea and wanted to get their attention. Giggles sings to the group that she understands that it is going bad and that they are feeling mad. Giggles then says that they should not give up, they should not feel sad and they will find a way to get their costumes back. Giggles stops and thinks. Giggles thought that she and her group can get their costumes back as long as they know where to go. Cuddles tells Giggles that they do not know where to go. Giggles asks the viewer "Well, who do we ask for help when we don't know where to go?" The viewers tells Giggles "The Map!" The cast and the viewer say it with her. Map pops out of Purse and lands on a picture map singing his own song. Map tells the viewer that Russell and Flaky took the treasure chest to Treasure Island. Map explains how they have to get to Treasure Island. Map tells the viewer that Giggles and her pirate gang have to cross the seven seas, go through the singing bridge to get to Treasure Island. Also, they can catch singing stars along the way. Giggles sings out the places. The first place they have to go is the seven seas.

Giggles and her pirate gang have to figure out a way to cross the seven seas. They use a boat from the play. They all wondered how they were going to get it into the water. Sure enough, Toothy gets behind the boat and tells the group that they should push the boat. Giggles & her pirate gang pushed the boat by singing "Empujen" multiple times until the boat went into the water. After that, Giggles and her pirate gang jump into their pirate boat as they sail to Treasure Island. The cast sings "We're sailing to Treasure Island". At the end of it, Baby Jaguar goes overboard. Baby Jaguar pokes his head out of the water. He was okay because jaguars are great swimmers. They just needed a life preserver (which is round like a giant donut). Nutty gets the life preserver and tosses it into the water. Baby Jaguar was in the life preserver. The entire cast helps Nutty pull Baby Jaguar up and out of the water. Nutty dries him off with a towel. Baby Jaguar thanks the viewer for helping. Immediately after that, Toothy saw the seven seas. They had to be sure they make it across all seven seas. The pirate boat makes it through all seven seas. Along the way, they see Kevin the turtle. After making it through the seven seas, stars appeared and flew all over the place. The "Star Catching Song" plays. Toothy saw an explorer star who is blue, had lots of muscle and wears a cape. It was Hero Star. Nutty explained that Hero Star is the biggest & strongest of all the explorer stars. Hero Star sings a scale as he lifts up some barrels. The other stars go, "Catch us, catch us! Catch us, catch us!". Giggles sings out the star catching tune telling the viewer that they have to catch the stars. Giggles tells the viewer and to the group to "reach up, reach up" and "catch them, catch them". Giggles and the gang each caught a star. Then, they put them in the star pocket.

Giggles and the group had to figure out where to next. They made it past the seven seas. Next, they had to go to the singing bridge. The cast sings "We're Sailing to Treasure Island" for the second time. When it finishes, Baby Jaguar remains on the boat.

Toothy saw Pirate Parrot coming their way (original TV version only). Pirate Parrot heard what happened to their treasure chest and about the fact that Russell and Flaky thought it had gold in there. Pirate Parrot was sure that the group is going to get their costumes back, but they had to beware of the foggy fog. Pirate Parrot sings about the foggy fog, which is a cloudy fog. He then explains that if they are inside the fog, it will be really hard to see. Soon after, the pirate ship goes into the foggy fog. It was certainly hard to see. Petunia thinks she'll never get the pirate boat to the singing bridge in the foggy fog. She could crash into something. Suddenly, Sniffles bumps into a pile barrels. Nutty picks him up. Sniffles thanks Nutty for the help. Suddenly, Giggles and the group heard an animal that went "Ah-ooh". Nutty knew what it was. The others sing a song called "What is it Nutty?". Nutty explains that the animal swims in the sea, is big, strong, and weighs 100 tons. The viewer knew that it was whale. The others were in shock. The whale could not see where he was going, it may crash into the pirate boat. Nutty and the others called out to the whale. The whale opened its eyes and stopped. Then, it turned around and swam in a safer direction. The whale thanked them for the warning. After the whale was gone, the foggy fog disappeared.

”I'm the bridge that sings," said a voice. Petunia heard the singing bridge. She steers the pirate boat to the singing bridge at once. Giggles & the gang had to go through the singing bridge. They played a singing game by teaching the singing bridge the right words to his songs. They teach him the right words to "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star", "Row, Row, Row Your Boat", and "Old Macdonald Had a Farm". After that, the singing bridge opened up. The pirate boat sails through. So far, the group crossed the 7 seas and went through the singing bridge. Now, all they have to do is go to Treasure Island to get their treasure chest filled with costumes. Pirate Parrot gives the group a warning. On their way to Treasure Island, they have to watch out for the big bad rocks. Pirate Parrot sings out the tune about the big bad rocks. Soon after, they started looking for the big bad rocks. Once they did, the group had to tell Petunia to turn the wheel. The cast sing "Petunia, Turn the Wheel" to Petunia. Petunia turned the wheel to the right to avoid the big bad rocks. The group watched out for more big bad rocks. Giggles and the gang sing to Petunia once more and Petunia turned the wheel to the left.

Pirate Parrot was impressed, but then he gave another warning. They had to be sure that they do not go over the waterfall. The viewer saw the waterfall. Petunia had to turn the wheel so they do not go over the waterfall. The pirate wheel breaks. They had to fix the pirate wheel with something sticky. Giggles has the viewer to check her Purse, but they have to say her name in Spanish which was Bolso.

Purse appears and tells the viewer that they need something to stick the pirate wheel back together. Purse tells the viewer that the sticky tape will fix it. The sticky tape comes out of Purse. Giggles puts sticky tape on where it broke apart on the pirate wheel. Soon after, Petunia really had to get ready to turn the wheel. The group sing to Petunia one more time. The pirate boat was about to go over the waterfall but Petunia turned the wheel just in time. Cuddles goes to Petunia and they both wipe their heads and give a sigh of relief. Not long after that, the pirate boat arrives at Treasure Island. Giggles, Cuddles, Sniffles, Petunia, Toothy, Nutty, Cannon and Baby Jaguar get off the pirate boat looking for the treasure chest. They all stopped because they heard a "whisk, whisk-whisk" sound. Lifty was on Treasure Island. The cast sing a song about how they stopped Lifty in the past. The group was looking for Lifty. Lifty is really quick, but they know how to stop him because they all know the trick. As soon as Lifty charges, they got ready to sing to Lifty, "Lifty, no swiping!" three times. Lifty goes "Oh" seven times and then he finally sings "Oh man!", snaps his fingers and runs away. Giggles thanks the viewer for helping them stop Lifty.

Now, it was time to look for the treasure chest. Nutty gets out the spotting scope which is like a small telescope. They find a red and blue turtle, a red log with a pink crab inside it and then they found the red and blue treasure chest. Once they got to it, Russell and Flaky guarded it. They taunted Giggles and the group that they're not getting their treasure chest back. Giggles and the group told them that they have to give it back. They say that they will not. Everyone asked each other how they were going to get their costumes back. Giggles chills them out by saying "Guys, guys, guys! Atención, atención! We can get our costumes back!", then she asks the viewer if they were ready to say their line. The cannon goes "Boom!", then the viewer and the cast tell Russell and Flaky, "Give us back our treasure!". They say it again out loud. Russell and Flaky finally agree and sing "Okay!". Soon after, they both tried to pick up the treasure chest but it was heavy and it goes over the cliff. Hero Star immediately comes out of the star pocket and streaks down the cliff to catch the treasure chest. then, Hero Star picks up the heavy chest and gets it back up to the top of the cliff. Immediately after that, the group put on their pirate costumes. Sniffles got his pirate hat; Cuddles got his pirate boots; Toothy got his pirate patch; Petunia got her telescope; Nutty got his golden hook and Baby Jaguar got the pirate flag. Sniffles' stomach growls and still wished he ate. The group had all their pirate stuff back and were going to put on their big pirate play.

Russell did not know that there were costumes in there and thought it had gold. They were sorry and saw that Giggles and her gang were putting on a play. A pirate play to be specific. Russell and Flaky talk amongst themselves. Russell tells Giggles that pirates loves to sing and asks if they would like to be in their pirate play. Flaky pleaded. Giggles turns the group and they all nodded their heads up and down for "yes". Giggles agrees and says "Sure" to the pirate pigs. Russell starts the song "Pirates Love to Sing". Giggles and the group join in. When the song continued, everyone goes from Treasure Island to performing on stage. Everybody in the audience clapped and applauded. It certainly was a pirate adventure.

## Trivia

* This episode uses the 1999-2005 Nick Jr Productions Logo on TV/VHS/DVD, but when it first premiered, there was special logo with two frogs getting a fly, and then Productions gets typed in.
* It is revealed that Cuddles has two sisters, as they appear in the crowd.
* This episode premiered on Nick Jr on Martin Luther King Jr Day 2005.
* Lifty did not say catchphrase "Oh, man!" normally. Instead, he sings it. This will happens again in "La Maestra de Música".
* Purse did not say catchphrase "Yum-yum-yum-yum-yum, ¡Delicióso!" normally. Instead, she sings it. This also happened in "Dora, La Música" (except "Yum-yum-yum-yum-yum!" is sung to the tune of "Pop Goes the Weasel", then says "Delicioso!" normally). She will sing her catchphrase the same way as this episode in "La Maestra de Música".
* This is the first episode to premiere in 2004.
* This is also the first double-length episode of the series.
* This is the second episode with Treasure Island as the destination. The first being the episode of the same name.
* This is the first double-length episode featuring the Explorer Stars.
* They will be featured one more time in The Fairytale Adventure.
* The Blue Cursor does not click on Giggles after singing We Did It!, nor does it click on her at the end of the episode, it instead clicks on the treasure chest and slightly Cuddles' tail.
* Baby Jaguar would wear a pirate costume again in the Go, Diego, Go! episode, Freddie the Fruit Bat Saves Halloween!, except he wears a pirate hat unlike this episode.
* This is the second time that Lifty somehow got to Treasure Island, it first happened in Season 1 episode with the location's name
* The audio where Abuela said Giggles' name is taken from Grandma's House
	+ Also, the audio where Cuddles’ father said Cuddles' name is taken from Cuddles' Special Day.
* It is confirmed that Hero Star is the strongest Explorer Star out all of them. This means that he is most likely even stronger than Supra, Ultra, and Mega from Baby Dino.
* This is the only time the entire cast stands behind the 3 picture pop-up sequence, but it was only during the third one, and not the first or second ones that have Giggles by herself.
* The Seven Seas can also be known as the 7 Numbers except they're not called numbers, they’re called seas.
* The NickJr.com website from 2004-2007 lists this episode as "The Pirate Play".
* This is one of few Season 3 episodes where Gabriel Alvarez voices Nutty instead of Andres and Felipe Dieppa.
* When everyone rides on their ship trying to get their pirate costumes back for their play, they don't wear any lifejackets, due to it being large and not needed to be rowed.
* When the cast is at the Singing Bridge, the Singing Bridge sings "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" incorrectly as "How I wonder what you ~~ate for breakfast~~**are**", then he sings "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" incorrectly as "Life is but a ~~bowl of spaghetti~~ **dream**", followed by "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" incorrectly as "Old MacDonald had ~~some pants~~ **a farm**, ~~O-E-O-E-O-E~~ **E-I-E-I-O**". The cast is then asked to sing them correctly (correct lyrics are in **bold** above).
	+ The concept of singing nursery rhymes with silly lyrics and getting the characters to sing them correctly is retained for the next episode, The Super Silly Fiesta.
* This is the twelfth instance where Giggles and Cuddles returned to where they started from after reaching the final place on the map, something that also occurred in Three Little Piggies, Big River, Berry Hunt, The Chocolate Tree, El Día De Las Madres, Click!, A Present For Santa, School Pet, Save the Puppies!, What Happens Next?, and Journey to the Purple Planet.
* A touring live show of the series based on this episode was staged in 2005. The tour began at the Palace Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky on January 27, 2005 (exactly 1 year after the actual episode came out), and concluded at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on June 26 of the same year.
* Map does not say, "Try and catch stars along the way!", he instead says, "And try to catch singing stars along the way!".
* Lifty has a short role in this double-length episode. He appears before the cast enters Treasure Island, and the cast stops him by saying "Lifty, no swiping" 3 times in song.
* This episode, tied with The Big Potato, ¡Por Favor!, Baby Dino, and The Super Silly Fiesta, has the third most number of stars caught being 7.
* This is the 71st episode of the show (72nd in earlier airings).
* This is the last episode to be produced in Season 3.
* There is a lot of singing in this episode.
	+ This episode has 16 songs, excluding Giggles The Explorer Theme Song and ¡Empuje! (Push!), counting Stop and Think/The Map! as two songs and both versions of Pirate Costumes as one, the most amount of songs in any HTF media.
	+ Everyone is singing "Pirate Costumes" including Giggles when she is looking for all the things everyone needs that are in the treasure chest and she asks the viewer for help of what each of her friends want, but she doesn't include her own costume from the treasure chest in the song. If she did, she would most likely sing about her pirate jacket since that was the only pirate set not included.
	+ Map, Giggles, and her friends sing out the places to go instead of saying them. (This also happens when Map tells the viewer that Giggles and her pirate gang have to cross the seven seas, go through the singing bridge to get to Treasure Island.)
	+ Everyone sings ¡Empujen! while getting the boat into the water. As "¡Empuje!" is repeated over and over again, it cannot really be considered as a song.
	+ This is one of the few episodes in which Toothy speaks English throughout the episode. He sang the main songs in English, he says "Give us back our treasure!" and "Lifty no swiping" with the cast, and sang "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" and "Old Macdonald Had a Farm" in English with the cast at the Singing Bridge.
	+ The Travel Song is not featured in this episode. The cast instead sings "We're Sailing to Treasure Island".
		- When this song is sung the first time, Baby Jaguar technically cuts it off at the very end due to him going overboard. However, he does not go overboard again the second time.
	+ The Spanish version of "Purse, Purse", featured in the Latin American version of *Happy Tree Friends Adventures* is used in this episode instead of the English version. The reason is that since the theme of the episode is pirates, Purse gets to be the Spanish singer for this episode.
		- In all the international adaptations in which the secondary language is English, the original English "Purse, Purse" is used instead.
	+ This is the first episode in which the entire cast stops Lifty singing "Lifty, no swiping!" the first two times and saying it normally the third time.
	+ This is the first episode to feature the extended version of "We Did It".
	+ When Giggles and her friends count out how many stars they caught (in Spanish), they sing while they count instead of speaking.
	+ The "Star Catching Song" (entitled as "Reach Up and Catch the Stars!" in the album) is the only song from this episode to appear in the album.
	+ In 2012, Nick Jr. made their own version of We're Sailing to Treasure Island/Pirates Love to Sing in their "High Seas" theme. Giggles, Cuddles, and Nutty have different voices and characters from other Nick Jr. shows appear such as the Bubble Guppies and Milli, Geo, and Bot from Team Umizoomi. A lot of the dancing animation from this episode was recycled into the song. The lyrics can be found here.
	+ Altogether, this episode seems like a special musical.
* This episode may seem similar to "Blue's Big Musical Movie" from Blue's Clues, since there’s a lot of songs (and singing) in both specials.
	+ Coincidentally, both feature the entire cast present singing on stage at the end (including their ending songs. Additionally, the setting ends at the stage). Not only that, but they're also both hour-long specials (and the first ones in both shows).