The Jumping Dance (Teletubbies Dance)

**The Jumping Dance** is the one of the dances that the Teletubbies do. It was first shown in the episode Our Pig Winnie. It first appeared in the episode Washing Up. This is the only dance or even anything in Teletubbies that has a second version of it.

## Plot

This dance shows the Teletubbies dancing on a hill. They jump around to the music and walk around and jump, towards the end Po walks in the opposite direction to Tinky Winky Dipsy and Laa Laa. Then she walks over towards Tinky Winky and each Teletubby does their own jump. Tinky Winky ends the dance by falling over and rolling away while Dipsy, Laa Laa and Po laugh and say 'Bye Bye' to Tinky Winky.

Later on in the series, a path version of the dance was shot which showed the Teletubbies dancing on the path near the Windmill.

## Episodes that it appears in

**(First Version)**

* Our Pig Winnie (UK Original, CBBC & Sunday Special Versions) **(shortened version in the UK Original/extended version in the UK CBBC)**
* Humpty Dumpty (UK Original Version) **(extended version)**
* Building a Barbecue (Sunday Special Version) **(shortened version)**
* Jumping (Sunday Special Version) **(extended version)**
* Swimming with Stephanie (UK Original & Sunday Special Versions) **(extended version)**
* Ned's Potatoes (UK Original & Sunday Special Versions) **(extended version)**
* Butterfly (UK Original Version) **(shortened version)**
* Lasagna (extended version)
* Sophie Painting Artist (shortened version)
* Roses (extended version)
* Café Pancakes (shortened version)
* Brennan's Spacewalk (extended version)
* Pease Porridge Hot (shortened version)
* Drawing Pictures (extended version)
* Numbers: 17 (Version 1) (shortened version)
* Dance with the Teletubbies [Video] **(extended version)**

**(Second Version)**

* Lighthouse (UK CBeebies Version) **(shortened version)** (short ending)
* Going on a Train (Sunday Special Version) **(extended version)** (short ending)
* Washing Up (UK Original & Sunday Special Versions) **(shortened version)** (long ending)
* Irish Dancing (UK Original & Sunday Special Versions) **(shortened version)** (long ending)
* Tulips (UK Original & Sunday Special Versions) **(shortened version)** (short ending)
* Long Horns (UK Original Version) **(shortened version)** (long ending)
* Feeding Baby Penguins (UK Original Version) **(extended version)** (long ending)
* Going Up and Going Down (UK CBeebies Version) **(extended version)** (long ending)
* Grasshoppers (UK Original & Sunday Special Versions) **(shortened version)** (short ending)
* Pets Quiz **(shortened version)** (long ending)
* Cleaning My Shoes **(extended version)** (long ending)
* Street Art **(shortened version)** (short ending)
* Down the Hill **(extended version)** (short ending)
* Numbers: 14 (Version 1) **(shortened version)** (long ending)
* Making Breakfast **(shortened version)** (short ending)
* Buying a Vase **(shortened version)** (long ending)
* Garden Centre **(extended version)** (short ending)
* Cooking with Debbie **(shortened version)** (short ending)
* Break Time **(shortened version)** (long ending)
* The Elves and the Shoemaker **(shortened version)** (long ending)
* Ducklings Bath (South Africa) **(extended version)** (short ending)
* Keeping Trying to House **(shortened version)** (short ending)
* Let's Dance! [Video] **(shortened version)** (short ending)
* Playtime Fun [Video] **(extended version)** (long ending)

## Trivia

* The first version of the Jumping Dance appeared in the early 1997 episodes of the Teletubbies television series.
* In the extended version of the original dance, the background music has been enhanced to a military /marching band style.
* The second version is common in Lion and Bear original sketch episodes.
* In the original extended version of the dance, when Tinky Winky does his jump, he falls over and then gets back up and they all jump around together. But then he falls and rolls away and the dance ends. In the shortened version, he falls over and rolls off straight away, while the other Teletubbies laugh say goodbye to him.
* The path version has two alternate endings. The first one is Tinky Winky rolling away while we see a close up shot of Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po laughing and saying 'Bye-Bye' to him (as the dance usually ends). The second one shows them laughing at a different angle. Then the camera moves back to reveal Tinky Winky sneaking up behind them. Then he shouts 'Eh-Oh' and runs back down to them and the Windmill starts spinning.
* In Feeding Baby Penguins, Cleaning My Shoes, Down the Hill, Garden Centre and Ducklings Bath (South Africa), Tinky Winky sneaks up behind the other Teletubbies and says 'Eh-Oh!' to them, then they turn around and laugh and cheer. Then when he runs back down to them, they have a Big Hug and do the whole dance again (Unlike the original version).
* In Washing Up, Pets Quiz and Numbers: 14 (Version 1), after Tinky Winky sneaks up behind the other Teletubbies and says 'Eh Oh!' to them, the Magic Windmill spins for the TV Event.
* In Irish Dancing, Long Horns and Sophie Painting Artist are the three episodes to have the Magic Windmill spin after this dance. In Sophie Painting Artist, The Magic Windmill spins for Little Bo Peep and in Irish Dancing and Long Horns, the windmill spins for The Lion and Bear original sketch after the dance ends.
* In Feeding Baby Penguins, Break Time and Buying a Vase, the Windmill starts spinning with the regular whooshing sound after Tinky Winky sneaks up behind the other Teletubbies and says 'Eh Oh!' to them for a second time, then after they say 'Uh Oh!' and run away, the camera cuts straight to the Windmill stopping for Tubby Bye-Bye.
* In Ned's Potatoes, Butterfly and Roses, after the Teletubbies say goodbye to Tinky Winky as he is rolling down the hill, the camera cuts straight to the Voice Trumpet rising for Tubby Bye-Bye.
* In Street Art, Making Breakfast, Garden Centre and The Elves and the Shoemaker, after Tinky Winky goes back to the group, but instead of short ending the scene of the Teletubbies turning round and looking at the windmill, it cuts straight to the Baby Sun giggling for Tubby Bye-Bye.