The Backyardigans and you preview

Here's a quick preview of The Backyardigans and you, a new series from Nick jr.

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## plot summary

Each episode follows a similar pattern to its prequel series, and centers around a group of eight friends: Uniqua, Pablo, Tyrone, Orson, Polly, Charlie,Tasha, and Austin. The characters introduce themselves in their backyard before imagining a new location to enter. The group is often presented with multiple dilemmas along the way to accomplishing a specific goal or priority or may be challenged with a significant single obstacle to defeat or problem to solve. After season one, there is usually a villain in the episode, mainly played by one of the Backyardigans (thus another Backyardigan plays the role of the hero), but the villain of the episode always reforms in the end. The program also follows a musical format. It features multiple musical numbers performed in the style of a different genre and sung throughout an episode regarding whatever imaginary predicament in which the characters have situated themselves or perhaps a challenge they have met, every episode opening and concluding with a particular song. The adventures get more advanced after the first season. When the Backyardigans have achieved their mission or defeated any disadvantages, the fantasy sequence fades, restoring actuality to the setting of the episodes as the closing song is sung, the characters scurrying to their houses for a snack. The main character or characters then opens the snack host's house door, fence, or around the corner, and shouts the main catchphrase for the last time and then closes the door. The picture then is lifeless, with some background bird noises often heard as iris closes, ending the episode before the credits roll.

#### Episode sampler list

* To The Heart of the Jungle-Professors Polly, Charlie, Orson and Uniqua explores the jungle to deliver Sherman the Worman and Squawker the African grey parrot to their residence. Tarzans Pablo, Tyrone, and Austin attempt to warn her about leopards [who like yarn balls], crocodiles, and many more of the jungle's perils, which they are mostly unaware of.

* Yeti or not, here I come [or Yeti Search]-Uniqua and Tyrone track Yeti Pablo through the Frozen North. They are accompanied by Frozen North expert Tasha, who insists that the yeti (Pablo) does not exist, are only tales because the yetis likes raisins, are stinky and live in their igloos.
* Operation: Dinosaur exhibit- Secret agents Uniqua, Charlie, Orson, Pablo, and Tyrone sneak into a museum to deliver a mysterious piece of a bone to its rightful owner. They are assisted by a spy gadget, a power rope and a bottle of maple syrup. However, laser beams, booby traps and cages make this mission more difficult than the agents had predicted, luckily, Polly has a plan and meets some pterodactyls and dinosaurs who come to life.
* Party out west-Sherman and Squawker plan to hold a surprise birthday party for their brothers Packer and Herman at the Cheyenne Polka Palace. Tyrone (on tuba), Uniqua (on clarinet), Pablo (on accordion), Charlie (on banjo), Orson and Polly (on guitars) and Austin (on drums) must reach the palace by sundown in order to play at the celebration.
* Austin and the Dinosaur party-Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone are the Valley Cave People. The Mountain Cave People, Charlie, Orson, Polly, Tasha and Austin, invite some wolves to their cave to howl at the moon and the owls to hoot along. While the three Valley Cave People travel, the other Mountain Cave People use new inventions to pass the time, help some musical dinosaurs [e.g. T-Rex, Stegosaurus], and even hitchhike a ride on a huge pterodactyl.
* Monster Bash-Austin is having his worst birthday ever when his master, Mad Scientist Tasha, orders him to bring some monsters back to her laboratory. The creatures (Werewolf Uniqua, Vampire Pablo, Dragon Charlie, Owl-hunchback Orson, Frankenstein Polly, and Mummy Tyrone) end up being invited to a surprise birthday party that awaits Austin when he returns to Tasha.
* The Swamp Gator-In an attempt to gain more customers, swamp tour guides Uniqua and Pablo promise to show tourists Tasha and Austin the seemingly imaginary Swamp Gator. However, the creature turns out to be real, and he's played by Charlie.
* Of Sharks and dolphins-Under the sea in Atlantis, Uniqua and Pablo run a dolphin stable for their rude employer and resident dolphin racer, Tyrone. Meanwhile, Charlie, Orson and Polly run a shark stable with Charlie as their employer and shark racer. One day, Polly helps a shark as Uniqua rescues an incredibly fast dolphin from a giant clam. She keeps the dolphin and trains him as a racer, but Tyrone says that the dolphin is too small to race. Uniqua then challenges Tyrone to a race. If she wins, she gets to keep Sea Squirt in Tyrone's stable. If Tyrone wins, she and Sea Squirt must leave forever. Luckily, a giant blue octopus comes in to settle the score, helps them out, and teaches the gang about being a good sport.
* Austin the dinosaur tamer-Austin the caveman wants a pet, so he visits Uniqua's pet store and gets a dinosaur puppy named Boy, while Charlie gets a T-Rex named Rex. Uniqua warns him that Rex and Boy should always have their leashes on, but Austin and Charlie are too far away to hear her. They remove the leashes and their pets runs off, leading some pterodactyls, Uniqua and Austin on a chase throughout their prehistoric Flintstones-type modern stone-age village.
* Newspaper in Fairy Tale Village-Tyrone the paperboy has a new route through the forest in Fairy-tale Village. He meets Uniqua the witch (from *Hansel and Gretel* tale), Pablo the giant (from *Jack and the Beanstalk* tale), Charlie as the big crocodile (from *Peter Pan*), Orson as Mad hatter [from *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland*], Polly as Long-John Parrot [from *Treasure Island*] and Austin the wolf (from *The Three Little Pigs* tale).
* Dragon Express Mail-It is Pablo's first day as an employee at the Dragon Express delivery service. He meets Air Boss Uniqua and fellow driver Austin in the mountains of Norway. As they make deliveries to Cliff Top Castle and the Mountain Mine, Pablo and his pals teach Austin the art of "fancy flying." When Pablo gets into trouble delivering a package to the Ice Palace, Austin must use his newly learned flying skills to help his friend.
* Case of the Funny-man Boogeymen-The Boo Crew (Uniqua and Pablo and their pals) are searching for monsters. They find the Boogeyman (Austin) in an abandoned theater, but he turns out to be a comedian looking for an audience.
* Helpers from outer space-Overworked rancher Tasha wants to hire some ranch hands to help her out. Aliens Zharlie, Zolly, Zorson, Zuniqua and Zablo have landed their ship just outside her farm. They have run out of pancakes to fuel their ship and must assist Tasha in order to receive a plate of pancakes as a reward.
* Sir Polly Lot-After Austin and the gang wish to be in a video game, they have to rescue Princess Tasha (Tasha as Princess Peach) from Tyrone (as Bowser Koopa). Austin is dressed as Cloud, Pablo & Charlie as Mario and Luigi and Uniqua is dressed as Navi.
* Record breakers-Ashamed that he is the only guy to not have broken a record, Tyrone tries to attain a world record.
* Ghost hunter time-Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone are ghosts. They plan to scare Tasha after finding an abandoned house to haunt. But ghost-stoppers Charlie, Orson and Polly plan to catch the ghosts to save Tasha. But, little do they know that the Big Ghost is misunderstood and needs some friends.
* X marks the spot-Uniqua, Orson, Polly and Austin are pirates and seek a hidden treasure after discovering half of a treasure map. Unbeknownst to them, Pablo, Charlie and Tyrone have the other half and are looking for the same treasure.
* Surfer Dudes-Surfer Pablo hopes to ride the perfect wave at Tiki Beach. Following the instructions of Mysterious Lifeguard Austin, and with the help of fellow surfers Orson, Polly, Charlie, Uniqua and Tyrone, he discovers that he must learn a set of "rad moves" before he can find the beach.
* Tea at High Noon-When Charlie, Polly, Orson, Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone cannot agree on how to spend the day, they let Tasha decide. She leads them on a quest for the perfect cup of tea that takes them to Borneo (where they meet a orangutan), the Ming Empire (ruled by a grumpy Emperor Austin) and the Gobi Desert.
* Sinbad the lone sailor-Tyrone is Sinbad, a lone sailor on a quest to find the end of a rainbow. Pablo is Sinbad's biggest fan who sneaks aboard the ship in order to help him, though Sinbad does not appreciate it. They encounter Dragon Charlie, Roc [bird] Polly, Cyclops Charlie, Siren Uniqua and Medusa (Tasha) during their search for food and water. During the trip, Pablo keeps attempting to help with a job, but ends up causing trouble by accident. However, when they reach a waterfall and Sinbad gets caught in the sail, Pablo turns out to be a bit helpful after all as he stops the ship using its anchor in time, and Sinbad learns that everyone, even brave sailors like him need help once in a while.
* Who's there?-Tyrone is a night watchman at a museum where the exhibits (Tyrannosaurus Charlie, a living dinosaur, Orson the cave owl, Polly as a parrot from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lady Uniqua, a character from an Impressionist painting; General Pablo, a statue; and Austocles (Austin), a figure on a Greek urn) come to life at night. When Tyrone discovers them, he chases the art through the building and inadvertently makes a mess of the museum. The exhibits manage to help him clean it up before Curator Tasha arrives.
* Into the Ocean-Deep-sea explorers POLLY, CHARLIE, ORSON, TYRONE and PABLO, with their incredible submarine, plunge to the deepest part of the ocean to discover the rare mermaid. Meanwhile, mermaids TASHA and UNIQUA will do anything to protect their mermaid garden from intruders. An exhilarating underwater chase ensues until the mermaids realize that all the scientists want to do is capture them, on film that is. but when a hungry parrot fish comes in, the mermaids learn to share the coral with hungry parrot fish, as well as help a tiger shark with a loose tooth problem.
* Cops and Aliens-Officers Charlies and Uniqua and Sergeants Orson, Polly and Tyrone are the space police who must stop robots Pablo-martian (Pablo) and T-Alien (Tasha) from breaking into the robot factory and reprogramming the galaxy's robots from "good" to "bad".
* Here comes Tasha Zilla-Short-tempered scientist Uniqua wants to take a lunch break, but she finds herself unable to do so with Giant Tasha-Zilla [based on Godzilla] on the loose. She hires crazy professors Orson, Charlie, Polly, Pablo and Tyrone to try getting rid of Tasha-Zilla in this homage to *Godzilla*.
* Garbage Trek The Junkyard Frontier-In this homage to *Star Trek*, Lieutenants Charlie and Polly Uniqua, Captain Tasha, and Ensign Austin of the *U.S.S. Collector* roam the galaxy collecting space garbage. The Moose-ians, Pablo, Orson and Tyrone, try to steal the garbage away by tricking them with fake distress calls.
* A Pizza Jungle Trip-Uniqua, Polly, Charlie, Pablo, and Tasha own a pizzeria in Chichen-Itza. After receiving an order from Mayan King Tyrone and Orson the jungle animal-taming owl, they must cross the Mexican jungle to bring a pizza to his pyramid.
* Journey to the center of the sandbox-Tyrone has dropped his lucky penny into a hole. Victorian-era inventors Uniqua and Pablo decide that it must have fallen to the center of the earth and use their rocket-drill to find it. Whenever they stop somewhere, they spot the penny and Tyrone tries to get it by himself, but the inventors stop him. They use one of their inventions to get it, but the inventions end up losing it by accident. At the center of the earth, it's up to the crew to get the penny from a dinosaur, who gives them a tour.
* Disguise Masters-Inspector Austin of the Paris police is chasing down Le Master of Disguise (Pablo), whom he has cornered on the Orient Express bound for Istanbul. Because Le Master of Disguise always changes his appearance, Austin must interrogate each of the passengers to find out which one is the criminal he is looking for.
* Lizard rampage-Lizzie Lizard becomes a giant after covering himself in Scientist Pablo's experimental growth formula by accident. Pablo and his assistant Uniqua must find a solution to shrink the lizard back to his original size.
* Go Fish!-Fisher-lady Tasha is determined to catch an over-sized trout. She is saved from sharks and other hazards by diligent Harbor Patrollers Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone who feed the sharks and help on separate occasions. Tasha ends up rescuing the patrollers with her fishing pole when their boat starts to sink.
* Aladdin and the Moving Day Lamp-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, Sultan Tyrone gives Polly as Aladdin, Orson, and Charlie a bottle containing a genie (Austin) who will grant them three wishes in case they are in trouble.
* Front Page New flash-Tasha is the photographer for Bigopolis Big News. A giant robot is inadvertently causing trouble in the city and her boss, Pablo the editor, asks her to get a picture of him and resident superheroes Bug Girl (Uniqua) and Captain Bubble (Tyrone). However, Tasha becomes so preoccupied with helping the heroes that she forgets to take a photograph.