Bunny's Hat

**Bunny's Hat** is the pilot episode of *Dibo the Gift Dragon* released at MIPCOM Jr. on October 15, 2005.

## Synopsis

Out of marmalade, the friends decide to go to the Fantastic Fruit Farm to find some, while Bunny needs to stay in the shadows fearing she might get sunburnt.

## Plot

Eli is about to go to Annie's Milk Bar, and as Cro was reading, he suddenly sees Eli on top of him and he falls, Eli crashes into both houses which makes them land on the Milk Bar, Cro is greeted by Annie, and she asks if he wants milk, to which Cro obliges with a marmalade muffin, Bunny greets Annie, and Eli greets all of them, and Cro warns Eli to be careful and try not to knock anyone in his way, Eli then apologizes for it, Annie apologizes as well, but because the marmalade is empty. And they're all upset about hearing this news, Cro says that they must go to the Fantastic Fruit Farm to get some orange marmalade syrup.

Eli and his firetruck rush to the farm, but Cro tells him to slow down. They all bounce on the clouds to go to the farm, but some of them are falling, while also being encased in bubbles to save them from falling, as the bubbles pop, they are on a big cloud and slide to the farm. They made it to the Fantastic Fruit Farm, and Bunny is afraid of getting sunburns, but Annie reassures her it will be fine, but Bunny is still scared of the sun, suddenly, her words come into intuition as the clouds indeed blocked the sun for her. Unfortunately, as soon as Bunny scurries to Cro and Annie, the sun appears again, and she complains about the sun again, Cro becomes shocked by Bunny's words, saying that without the sun, there would be no more sunny days and only dark nights, as well as the plants, trees and flowers dying, along with the temperature falling, and that there would be raindrops the size of ice cubes, with them freezing to death, Bunny understands Cro's words and tells him she gets it, however, Bunny wished there was a way to stop the sun from shining.

Suddenly, Bunny hears a zipper and it was Dibo who opened it, Dibo asks if he heard someone say they wished for something, and he asks how he would help, just as he was about to get out of the zipper, his leg is stuck and he falls, they all greet him, and Bunny says she was the one who made the wish. She complains that the sun is too strong that it's preventing her from picking fruit, Dibo says that all she needs is a hat. As he finishes the Gift Dance, he opens his zipper and gives Bunny a green hat, Bunny lies to Dibo, pretending to compliment the hat, and Bunny gets upset once more as she walks away, Annie tells Eli and Cro that Bunny likes well decorated hats, so they all decided to find some nice decor for her hat, Annie approaches Dibo and asks if he could get her a piece of a cloud, and so Dibo stretches his right arm to fetch a piece, and Annie thanks Dibo so she can make a fluffy woolly hat band for Bunny.

Eli asks Cro what makes nice decorations and if he has any ideas, Cro thinks that decorations should be colorful and beautiful, while being surrounded by butterflies, Elo chases them, just as he got some flowers, bees angrily chase him and he panics. Bunny, hiding near a tree, hears Annie announce that she has made a special present for her, so she walks to her and gives her a nice decoration for Bunny's hat, and Eli (still being chased by bees) throws the flowers which Cro catches in the nick of time, and Cro puts the flowers on Bunny's hat, Eli yells at Dibo to save him, in which he does by telling them to scram politely.

Bunny is impressed with the new pretty looking hat, and Annie sees Oliver having a dream, which shows lots of stars, and Dibo pulls Oliver's dream to drop the stars, and Cro tells him to be careful, so he grabs a few stars to decorate Bunny's hat. Bunny is now happy with her new lovely hat and thanks everyone for helping her.

Now that they're done with decorating Bunny's hat, Cro is going to pick oranges and find some marmalade, Eli uses his firetruck ladder to pick the oranges. As Elo tries to reach the oranges with his trunk, he can't get them because they're too high, so he gives up. But Dibo and Annie try to find the perfect orange, and Annie sees the one in front of her, and they all cheer for Annie, when she gets down, she asks where Oliver is, but he is just sitting on top of an orange.

## Trivia

* This is the only time Cro doesn't say his catchphrase "Cro knows!".
* This is the first time Cro is seen reading his encyclopedia.
* First time the characters' houses are shown.
* First time the Fantastic Fruit Farm is shown and mentioned.
* The cloud and slide the four were riding on resembles a rollercoaster.
* This is the only episode of someone mentioning the word "die", since it would usually violate the rules of kids shows in which they're not allowed to use/mention any words (including verbs) relating to death.
* On *KIDSCREEN'*s 2005 magazine cover which shows Eli getting chased by bees foreshadows this pilot episode, except it shows him riding his firetruck instead of running away.
* The songs that play during this episode (in order) are:
	+ *Baby Rock* by **Laurent Thierry-Mieg & Thierry Durbet**. (beginning of episode)
	+ *Romantic Rag* by **The Little Street Band & Eric Gemsa**. (everyone at the Milk Bar)
	+ *Charlotte Sampling* by **Thierry Durbet & Laurent Thierry-Mieg**. (Gift Dance)
	+ *Mr Magic (한우리 독서논술/why형 아이로 키워라)* by **Armando Trovaioli**. (Annie approaching Dibo)
	+ *Cat And Mouse* by **Xavier Edmunds & Zoltan Biscotti**. (Eli chasing butterflies and picking flowers)
	+ *Lullaby (30)* by **Xavier Edmunds & Zoltan Biscotti**. (Oliver's dream)
	+ *Boom, Boom, Ain't It Great To Be Crazy?* by **Daniel Portis-Cathers**. (ending of episode)

### References

* ***Service with a Smile*** - When Dibo says "Service with a smile! And style!" He possibly references P. G. Wodehouse's novel *Service with a Smile.*

### Errors

* Throughout the episode, the audio is repeated at times for a split second.
* When Cro says "I've seen delicious oranges there! Growing on trees!", there are two black dots (which came from a marker pen) on the stool for a few frames.
* When Annie says "Come on Bunny!", as she says "Come on!" Her voice is cut off for a split second.
* **Grammar error:** When Bunny says "Oh dear... I'm afraid of sunburn", she uses a singular "sunburn".

## Differences from the pilot and the series

* The pilot used music from various artists until they chose Gigi Meroni to make the music for the series.
* Cro doesn't say "Cro knows!".
* The characters had different voice actors/actresses. They had different pitches and tones as well.
* Cro has a Mid-Atlantic accent.
* Elo's name was "Eli", but Jee Hee Woo changed it to "Elo" for unknown reasons.
* Eli's firetruck has a different design which would later be changed in the series, in this pilot, he has a gold plaque with the name "Eli" on it, the series shows him having a red mouth.
* Bunny is portrayed as a melodramatic and pessimistic character.
* Dibo's design is different, as his head and pupils are smaller. His zipper is also designed and shaped differently, resembling a key.
* The Gift Dance uses the music *Charlotte Sampling* by **Thierry Durbet & Laurent Thierry-Mieg** and it does not involve singing, and is just a compilation of Dibo doing silly dances and movements. However, some of these dance moves would later be added in the new version of the Gift Dance.
* Oliver's voice is deeper when baaing. But it's high pitched and baby-like in the series.
* Eli's firetruck is shown to have a ladder in this episode, but doesn't appear or happen in the series.
* Dibo isn't a dragon as he has no wings in the pilot.

## Video

-Dibo The Gift Dragon- Ep00 Bunny's HatㅣOCON