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Magical Events (Teletubbies)

The Magical Events are certain scenes/shows to entertain the Teletubbies. The first Magical Event is the TV Magical Event happens at the beginning of the episode. It also happens at the beginning, middle, and end of every volume (The Windmill spins faster and pink sparkles appear to be flying out of It and the Teletubbies get to watch a video on their stomach). Also, at the second Magical Event, a visitor comes to entertain the Teletubbies another Magical Event happens when The Windmill spins faster and pink sparkles appear to be flying out of It. There are seven Magical Events where the magical visitors come to entertain the other Teletubbies before the end of the episode. After the magical visitors fades away the Windmill will be preparing to stop spinning before the end of the episode or to move on to the next scene.

The Teletubbies get to watch a video on one of their stomachs (beginning of every episode and also beginning, middle and end of every volume)

1. **The Animal Parade** (Based on Noah's Ark) is the 1st magical event. First appeared in the very 1st episode "Ned's Bicycle" and last appeared on "African Dance (South Africa)", and also the 1st video "Here Come the Teletubbies".
2. **The Singing Man in the Pink House** is the 2nd magical event. First appeared on the 3rd episode "The Grand of Duke of York" and last appeared on "My Home is a Boat", and also seen in the 5th video "Uh-Oh! Messes and Muddles".
3. **The Tap Dancing Teddy Bear** is the 3rd magical event. First appeared in the 5th episode "Painting with our Hands and Feet" and last appeared on "Crazy Golf (USA)", and also in the 2nd video "Dance with the Teletubbies".
4. **The Magic Tree** is the 4th magical event. First appeared in the 6th episode in "Lambs" and last appeared on "Bird Bath (South Africa)", also seen in the 3rd video "Nursery Rhymes".
5. **The Three Ships** is the 5th magical event. First appeared in the 7th episode "Playing in the Rain" and last appeared on "Paddling by the Sea", also seen in the 4th video "Favourite Things".
6. **The Lion and Bear** is the 6th magical event. First appeared in the 11st episode "Seesaw Margery Daw" in original sketch and the 336th episode "Asian Storyteller (The Fox)" in edited sketch.
7. **Little Bo Peep** is the 7th and last magical event. First seen in the 245th episode "Catherine's Toy Farm" and last seen on "Girl in the Back Garden".

## Trivia

* Magical Events were dropped in the 2015 series, probably due to the episodes being shorter and the BBC not wanting any more complaints if any of them are scary for children like The Singing Man and The Lion and The Bear. In Let's Learn English With The Teletubbies video series, a series of 2-part Magical Events are called Cartoon Magical Events. These are animated in flash animation and features some words that are spoken by the narrator.
Nursery Rhymes (Teletubbies video)

**Nursery Rhymes** is the third video of Teletubbies. It was released in August 28, 2011.

## Chapters/Segments

* Voice trumpet sings Grand Old Duke of York **(from The Grand Old Duke of York)**
* TV Event - The Grand Old Duke of York
* The Teletubbies play Hey Diddle Diddle **(from Hey Diddle Diddle)**
* Magical Event - The Magic Tree
* Dipsy and Laa-Laa play Jack and Jill **(from Numbers: Two (Version 1))**
* Po sings Twinkle Twinkle Little Star **(from Lighthouse)**
* TV Event - The Gingerbread Boy
* Laa-Laa and Po sing Pat A Cake **(from Mark and Zoe's Cooking)**
* A spider appears and the Teletubbies play Little Miss Muffet **(from Building a Barbecue)**
* Voice trumpet says Humpty Dumpty **(from Humpty Dumpty)**
* The Teletubbies play Ride a Cock Horse **(from Naughty Lady, Yellow Cow)**
* Voice trumpets make clock ticking sounds **(from Hickory Dickory Dock)**
* TV Event - Hickory Dickory Dock
* Tinky Winky and Po play Hickory Dickory Dock **(From Hickory Dickory Dock)**
* The Happy Dance

## Trivia

* Dipsy was the boo shouter
* The missing Teletubby was Laa-Laa
* Like Dance with the Teletubbies, Simon Shelton only played Tinky Winky in one segment. That segment being the Happy Dance.
* This video features the rabbits' song. It is used twice and both versions are short. The first time as a transition into Little Miss Muffet. The second time as a transition into the voice trumpets making clock ticking sounds.
* This is the first video to be released in 2011 and to have the present BBC logo and the BBC video ident from 1997 to 2009.
Uh-Oh! Messes & Muddles (Teletubbies video)

**Uh-Oh! Messes & Muddles** is the fifth video of Teletubbies. It was released in July 8, 2012.

## Chapters/Segments

* There, All Tidy! **(From Washing Up)**
* The Twisty Dance
* TV Event - Painting with our Hands and Feet
* The Ball of String **(From Amy's House (Pasta))**
* Dirty Seat **(From Urban Birds)**
* TV Event - Bubble Pictures
* Tubby Custard Cloud **(From Swimming with Stephanie)**
* Magical Event - The Magic House (Bottom Left Window)

Featuring: Ella & Lilly Ainsworth, Emma Beaumont, Christopher Chavez, Rebecca Goldberg, Edward Grant, Saeka Hirari, Tom Jewitt, Daisy & Ned Keogh, Jack Murray, Samantha Nguitgeu, Amy Pittorino, Hartej Ranvanda, Ben Shepherd, Tomas Shepherd, Roisheen Smith, Charlie Snell, Pheobe Syms, Rupinder Vig and The Children of St Bede's Prep School Nursery

## Trivia

* Po was the boo shouter.
* The missing teletubby was Laa-Laa.
* The Tubby Custard Cloud scene is the only scene to have Dave Thompson as Tinky Winky.
* This video has the rabbits' song (same version from Swimming with Stephanie used as a transition into the Tubby Custard Cloud where the camera cuts fading to the opening shot 'Home Hill 2') However, in this video, the rabbits' song is used as a transition into the Twisty Dance. Instead, the Tubby Custard Cloud opens with the opening shot 'Field 1'.
* The scene of Po inside at the start of the Twisty Dance is cut. After the Rabbit song it cuts straight to her running outside.
* After the Tubby Custard Cloud where the cloud floats away, it cuts straight to the Magic Windmill spinning for The Magic House, as the episode originally had The Jumping Dance afterwards.
* This is the only video to end with a Magical Event.
* This is also the last video to have a Magical Event until 2015's Magical Surprises.
* This is the first video to be released in 2012.
Ready to Play with the Tweenies (Tweenies video)

Trish Cooke

Alan MacDonald

Jan Page

Robin Carr

**Ready to Play with the Tweenies** (otherwise also known as **Ready to Play**) is a Tweenies clip show video that was released on March 4, 2012. This is the first Tweenies video to be released.

## Plot

Learn all about the Tweenies in their first video release ever!

## Segments

* We're Really Glad You Came (from Telephone) (Milo)
* Milo is being noisy (from Noise & Quiet)
* We're Really Glad You Came (Bella)
* Bella breaks the marionette (from It Wasn't Me)
* We're Really Glad You Came (Jake)
* Jake's too small (from I'm Too Small)
* We're Really Glad You Came (Fizz)
* Fizz does ballet (from Ballet)
Barney... A Helping Hand for Growing Children

**Barney...A Helping Hand for Growing Children** was a marketing slogan that launched in 2013.

The slogan eventually evolved into a new post-show segment that first aired during Season 9 episodes.

## Purpose

Briefly replacing the Barney Says segment from the previous eight seasons, the segment sorts each episode into five core educational concepts:

* Sharing and Good Manners
* Caring and Emotional Development
* Imagining and Creativity
* Dancing and Movement
* Learning Educational Concepts Through Music and Play

## Segment Used In...

### Season 9

1. Everybody's Got Feelings - Caring and Emotional Development
2. Caring Hearts - Caring and Emotional Development
3. Let's Make Music! - Creativity and Imagination
4. Movin' Along - Dancing and Movement
5. Let Your Creativity Fly! - Creativity and Imagination
6. Imagine That! - Creativity and Imagination
7. All About Me - Caring and Emotional Development
8. My Baby Brother - Caring and Emotional Development
9. Keep On Truckin' - Learning Through Educational Activities and Play
10. I'm A Builder - Learning Through Educational Activities and Play
11. Coming On Strong - Dancing and Movement
12. Let's Play Games! - Dancing and Movement
13. You Can Count on Me! - Learning Through Educational Activities and Play
14. A Wonderful World of Colors and Shapes - Learning Through Educational Activities and Play
15. Easy as ABC - Learning Through Educational Activities and Play
16. Look What I Can Do! - Dancing and Movement
17. Making a Move! - Caring and Emotional Development
18. Home, Safe Home - Learning Through Educational Activities and Play
19. On the Road Again - Learning Through Educational Activities and Play
20. My Friends, The Doctor and the Dentist - Sharing and Good Manners
The Jumping Dance (Teletubbies Dance)

**The Jumping Dance** is the first of the dances that the Teletubbies do. It was first shown in the episode Our Pig Winnie.

## Plot

This dance shows the Teletubbies dancing on a hill. They jump around to the music and walk around and jump, toward the end Po walks in the opposite direction to Tinky Winky Dipsy and Laa Laa. Then she walks over toward 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 second version of the dance was shot which showed the Teletubbies dancing on the path near the Windmill. This is the only dance or even anything in Teletubbies that has a re-shot version of it.

## Episodes that it appears in

### Original Version

* Our Pig Winnie
* Humpty Dumpty **(extended version)**
* Swimming with Stephanie **(extended version)**
* Ned's Potatoes **(extended version)**
* Butterfly
* Dance with the Teletubbies (Video) **(extended version)**

### Second Version

* Washing Up (long ending)
* Irish Dancing (long ending)
* Tulips (short ending)
* Long Horns (long ending)
* Feeding Baby Penguins **(extended version)** (long ending)
* Grasshopppers (short ending)
* Let's Dance! (Mini Video) (short ending)

## Trivia

* In the extended version of the original dance, the background music has been enhanced to a military/marching band style.
* 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 second 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.
* The second version is common in Lion and Bear episodes.
* In Feeding Baby Penguins, when Tinky Winky sneaks up behind the other Teletubbies and says 'Eh-Oh' to them, 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).
The Swinging Dance (Teletubbies Dance)

**The Swinging Dance** is a dance that the Teletubbies do.

## Plot

Outside the house, some rabbits can be seen playing. Then the Teletubbies can be seen marching down a flat hill towards the house.

The dance begins with them swinging round and round with each other. Then they start jumping. Then they walk forwards spinning around, then walk backwards, then forwards and backwards again. Then they skip sideways swinging one arm up. Then they start jumping again and skip around in a circle. Then they hold hands and fall down and the dance ends.

## Episodes that it appears in

* Wrapping
* Rosie's Hairdo

## Trivia

* In Wrapping, after the dance is over, the Magic Windmill spins for the TV event.
* In Rosie's Hairdo, the Teletubbies skip away and the Baby Sun giggles for Tubby Bye-Bye.
Teletubbies and the Snow (Teletubbies video)

**Teletubbies and the Snow** is the ninth video of Teletubbies. It was released in January 5, 2014.

## Chapters/Segments

* Snowing in Teletubbyland **(From Christmas in South Africa)**
* TV Event - Christmas in Finland
* Everything Covered in Snow **(From Christmas in Finland)**
* TV Event - Christmas in the UK
* Sliding in the Snow **(From Christmas in the UK)**
* TV Event - Christmas in Spain
* The Big Snowball **(From Christmas in Spain)**
* TV Event - Nativity Play
* The Snow Tubby **(From Nativity Play)**

Featuring: Tuomas, Natias, Katarina, Sofia, Aleksi, Daniel, Alexander, Mika, Anni, Vilma, Jaaskelainan, Henrietta, Emma, Tuuli, Ella, Hanna, Riku, Suvi and Annika.

With Thanks To: Eira & Catherine Palme and The Children from Sante Sana Game Reserve, South Africa and The New Testament Church of God, Birmingham, England, Maria Ballester, The Duesa Family and the Juanet Family and Overdale Nursery School, Scarborough, England

## Trivia

* Laa-Laa was both the missing Teletubby and the boo shouter.
* For all of the TV Events, the music starts playing just as the segments finish (due to the original episodes not having the Windmill spin after these segments).
* The end credits start when the Teletubbies walk up to the house, and only Laa-Laa says 'Bye-Bye' for a final time.
* This is the first video that released in 2014.
The Walking Dance (Teletubbies Dance)

The Walking Dance is the fifth of the dances that the Teletubbies do. It was first shown in the episode Seesaw Margery Daw after the Teletubbies watch the Lion and Bear for the first time.

This is one of the few dances to have an extended version with a music key change.

## Plot

The Teletubbies arrive at the top of a hill while the drums play. When the music starts to play, Dipsy walks down the hill, then Tinky Winky and Po, and then Laa Laa walk down. They all walk left and right together, then they all line up together. They start to march up and down the hill. After that, Laa Laa calls Po who calls Tinky Winky who calls Dipsy to walk back up to the hill where they began the dance. But Po, Tinky Winky, and Dipsy walk away leaving Laa Laa behind on the hill and the dance ends with her posing and cheering.

This dance has 3 different versions.

* The shortened version with Laa Laa being left behind straight after the dance.
* The extended version with the key change, Tinky Winky, Dipsy, and Po don't leave straight away and they all dance again.
* The first version shown in the series, when the Teletubbies march up and down the hill the Sun Baby is shown, and then the Teletubbies march up and down the hill again and the music has the key change.

## Episodes that it appears in

* Seesaw Margery Daw **(first version)**
* Rockpool **(extended version)**
* Shadows **(shortened version)**
* Numbers: Three (Version 1) **(first version)**
* Animals: Fish **(shortened version)**
* Dance with the Teletubbies (Video) **(first version)**
* Level Crossing **(extended version)**
* The Pier **(extended version)**
* Cat's Night Out **(extended version)**
* Ten Little Men Finger Play **(extended version)**
* Ducks **(shortened version)**
* Rickshaw **(extended version)**

## Trivia

* This is one of the two dances where Tinky Winky carries his bag with him for an unknown reason. The other dance is the Falling Down Dance.
* In Seesaw Margery Daw, Rockpool, Shadows, and The Pier, the Teletubbies are silent during the dance. In all the other episodes they giggle during the dance.
* In Numbers: Three (Version 1), Animals: Fish and Level Crossing, the Teletubbies giggling has Mark Heenehan as Tinky Winky. In Cat's Night Out onwards, their giggling was redubbed with Simon Shelton as Tinky Winky.
* In Seesaw Margery Daw, the Sun Baby giggles, and the Magic Windmill stops spinning after the dance.
Izzles (Tweenies character)

Izzles is a character from the Tweenies. She is a purple dog with white spots. She is very good friends with the other Tweenie dog, Doodles.

## Trivia

* Izzles was originally going to be called Squiggles, but was renamed Izzles at the last minute as a result of copyright issues. The name Squiggles can still be seen in some synopsies on the BBC website and in TV guides.
Here Come the Teletubbies (Teletubbies video)

**Here Come the Teletubbies** is the first video of Teletubbies. It was released in March 21, 2010.

## Chapters/Segments

1. Four Happy Teletubbies **(From Jumping)**
2. Time for Tubby Toast **(From Ned's Bicycle)**
3. TV Event - Playing in the Rain
4. Mind the Puddle **(From Playing in the Rain)**
5. Magical Event - Animal Parade
6. Tinky Winky's Heavy Bag **(From Delilah Packing)**
7. Po's Falling Down Day **(From Humpty Dumpty)**
8. Who Spilled the Tubby Custard? **(From Painting with our Hands and Feet)**
9. Laa-Laa's Watering Can **(From Making Flowers)**
10. The Tubby Toast Accident **(From Feeding the Chickens)**
11. TV Event - The Beach
12. Where's My Hat? **(From The Beach)**

Featuring: Thomas & Jonathan Becker, Natasha Marshall, Zoe Robinson and the Children of Jordan's Village Nursery School, Beaconsfield

## Trivia

* The rare original window Windmill clip was shown when the Teletubbies were about to eat Tubby Toast before they watched Playing in the Rain at the TV Receiver sequence. It might be ironic how a rare Windmill clip be shown in a VHS volume, making it not so rare.
* Another rare Magic Windmill clip was shown after the Tubby Toast Accident but before the TV Receiver Sequence. It was when the Windmill was shown in its Normal animation with window, but was making the Stop Spinning sound.
* Po was both the boo shouter and the missing Teletubby.
* Before the Beach TV event, the Magic Windmill spins with the stops spinning tune.
Ned's Bicycle (Teletubbies 1997 series episode)

**Ned's Bicycle** is the very first episode of *Teletubbies*.

## Plot

We are introduced to the Teletubbies as they ride down the slide inside Home Hill. They enjoy Tubby Toast until the Magic Windmill spins. Following this, the characters watch a boy named Ned and his father getting ready for a bicycle trip. Po finds a flag and leads Tinky Winky on a march across Teletubbyland. Dipsy and Laa-Laa see the flag and join in. The Magic Windmill spins again and the Teletubbies go to watch a Magical Event. The Teletubbies gasp in excitement as an Animal Parade marches through Teletubbyland. Afterward, the animals march away. The Magic Windmill stops spinning and it's time for Tubby Bye-Bye.

## Trivia

* This is the first episode for a few things:
	+ The first episode to start Dave Thompson as Tinky Winky (suit performer), Mark Heenehan as Tinky Winky (voice), John Simmit as Dipsy, Nikky Smedley as Laa-Laa, Pui Fan Lee as Po, Tim Whitnall as The Male Narrator (UK), Toyah Wilcox as The Female Narrator (UK), Eric Sykes and Gary Stevenson as the male voices of The Voice Trumpets (UK), and Jess Smith as The Baby Sun.
	+ The first episode where Tinky Winky is picked for the TV Event.
	+ The first episode when there's no goodbye after the TV event. Instead, Ned waves his hand without saying a word.
	+ The first episode to feature the Animal Parade.
	+ The first episode directed by David G. Hillier.
	+ The first episode to include the Home Hill 1 Opening Shot. Also, the Magic Windmill can be heard whooshing in the background.
	+ The first episode to include Home Hill 2, which is the Bird Eye View 1.0 windmill animation with no sparkles. A fade effect is also used.
	+ The first episode to use the 1995 Ragdoll logo.
	+ The first episode to use the 1990-1997 BBC logo.
	+ The first episode to use the E-mu Proteus 2 Orchestral, E-mu Proteus 3 World, Korg M1 and Kurzweil Mark 152 Digital Grand Piano for the music by Andrew McCrorie-Shand.
	+ The first episode that any Teletubby fell over.
	+ The first episode where the Teletubbies eat Tubby Toast.
* Tinky Winky was the boo shouter but Po said goodbye for a final time.
* Po was the missing Teletubby.
* The Tubby Toast segment was featured in the 1st video "Here come the Teletubbies".
* The Ned's Bicycle video was featured in the 4th video "Favourite Things".
* After the Teletubbies watch the Animal Parade, a fade effect is used to the Magical Windmill stops spinning animation.
* The original windmill animation from this episode is also used in Seesaw Margery Daw, Loretta Tap Dancing and The Gingerbread Boy.
* When the Teletubbies go to line up at the Magical Event place, they giggle. However, they are silent in most of the other episodes whenever they go to the Magical Event place.
* The Sun Baby's laugh in this episode is noticeably different from her laugh in following episodes.
* This is the first appearance of the Windmill in the Original, Original Window, TV/Magical Event, Normal, Start Spinning (TV Receiver Version) and Stop Spinning animations.
List of segments

## Barney

* The Barney Bag
* Barney Says
* The Adventure Screen
* Barney... A Helping Hand for Growing Children
* Barney-Toon
* Let's Play with Barney
* Barney's Music Box
* Barney's Travel Book

## Teletubbies

* TV Events / Tummy Tales
* Magical Events
* Dance
* Tubby Bye-Bye

## Boohbah

* Warm-Up
* Storypeople
* Boohbah Dance

## In the Night Garden...

* Everybody Dance (In the Night Garden...)
The Falling Down Dance (Teletubbies Dance)

**The Falling Down Dance** is the eighth of the dances that the Teletubbies do. It's like Ring a Ring o' Roses. It was first shown in the episode Drawing Cacti. The Teletubbies do this dance right beside the Windmill. This is one of the shortest dances.

## Plot

The Teletubbies dance round and round some flowers but then they fall over and get up, they dance around the flowers again and fall over again, they get up again and dance around the flowers one more time and they fall over one last time and the dance ends.

This dance doesn't have an extended version but it does have a music key change at the end of it.

## Episodes that it appears in

* Drawing Cacti
* Walking in the Woods
* Dance with the Teletubbies (Video)
* Finding Chocolate Eggs
* Making Salad
* Spray Paint Mural
* Crazy Golf (USA)

## Trivia

* The Falling Down Dance is filmed all in one shot.
* In Walking in the Woods, when the Teletubbies finish the dance, the Windmill starts to spin with Sparkles close up, this is one of the rarest Windmill clips (watch english video to see it).
* This is the second dance where Tinky Winky has his bag for some unknown reason, the other dance is the Walking Dance.
* Crazy Golf (USA) is the only episode where the Teletubbies make their jingle sounds when they fall over.
The Stretching Dance (Teletubbies Dance)

**The Stretching Dance** is a dance that the Teletubbies do.

## Plot

The Teletubbies are all standing behind some hills. One by one, they stretch their arms and legs out posing like a star. Then one by one, they get down on their knees, walk forward and stretch their arms up high. Then all together, they walk backward, spin around, sidestep to the left and right, bend down and stretch up high. Then all walk in a circle, stretching their legs and have a Big Hug.

Then they walk down the hills, all the way down to the front of the house. They proceed to do the same dance again and have a Big Hug. Then they leave the house and walk up to some more hills and do the same dance one more time. Then they have a Big Hug and the dance ends.

## Episodes that it appears in

* Making Bread **(extended version)**
* Pebbles (shortened version)
* Ladybirds (Beetles) **(extended version)**
* Running (shortened version)
* Asian Storyteller (Friends) **(extended version)**

## Trivia

* When the Teletubbies pose at the beginning of the dance, the music is in G major, then when the dance properly begins it changes to A major. Then when the Teletubbies make their ways to the hills to dance one more time, the music changes to B major, but then changes back to A major when they dance again.
* In the shortened version, the Teletubbies only do the dance once at the hills where the dance usually ends.
* In Pebbles and Ladybirds (Beetles) after the dance, the Magic Windmill stops spinning for Tubby Bye-Bye.
* In Making Bread and Asian Storyteller (Friends) after the dance, the Magic Windmill spins for the magical event.
* In Running after the dance, the Baby Sun giggles for Tubby Bye-Bye.
Laa-Laa (Teletubbies character)

**Laa-Laa** is the third Teletubby played by Nikky Smedley in the original series and Rebecca Hyland in the new series. She is yellow and has a curly antenna on her head and she has a giant orange ball.

Laa-Laa is very girly. She likes playing with her ball, singing and dancing and doing ballet in the skirt and sings 'Laa-Laa-Li-Laa-Li-Laa-Li-Laa' to herself, hence her name. When Laa-Laa gets frustrated, she sometimes says a rather strange word 'BIBBALY-CHEESE'. She is often seen to look out for the other Teletubbies. She is a silly and cute Teletubby, and most of the time she has a cheerful personality. She is as intelligent as Tinky Winky and Dipsy and Po. She knows where places are and likes playing with the other Teletubbies. Laa-Laa often hangs out with Po and Dipsy and even occasionally Tinky Winky. She once saved Dipsy's Hat from being blown away by the wind. Laa-Laa is 6 feet and 6 inches tall. She is the second smallest after Po.

## See also

* Tinky Winky
* Dipsy
* Po
Riff the Orange Dinosaur

**Riff** is a six-year-old orange Hadrosaurus who is Baby Bop and BJ's cousin and a friend of Barney's.

## Personality

Riff is all about music. He hears music everywhere he goes. His theme song is none other than "I Hear Music Everywhere".
Like the other dinosaurs, he is an amicable character. Riff also enjoys inventing things on the side.

## Creation

According to HIT Entertainment and executive producer Karen Barnes, Riff was created to add musical diversity to the series.
In 2006, Riff was added to the live show, *Barney Live! - The Let's Go Tour* (albeit after 8 months), he made his first TV appearance in "Let's Make Music", with his introduction being in the episode, "Welcome, Cousin Riff".

## Design

Riff is known for his crest lighting up with green lights, which makes music when it does. Riff is orange with a yellow tummy with green spots and green spikes. He wears green sneakers with yellow socks and purple laces on them.

## Portrayal

### Costume Actors

* Adam Brown (2014–2016)
* Jeff Ayers (2016)
* Jerad Harris (2016–2018)

## Trivia

* Riff was the first dinosaur to be created in over thirteen years.
* He is the only dinosaur whose name does not start with the letter B.
* Riff's favorite food is "Ants on a Log" (celery with cheddar cheese and raisins)
* He has a few catchphrases, those being: Wowzer!, Tippity-Top. Later Skaters!

## Appearances

* Barney & Friends
* Home Videos

1. Welcome, Cousin Riff
2. Special Skills
3. Airplanes
4. Boats
5. Butterflies
6. Bugs
7. Shapes
8. Seeing
9. Hearing
10. Glad to Be Me
11. Arts
12. BJ's Snack Attack
13. Counting
14. Letters
15. Vets
16. Summer
17. Caring
18. Rhythm
19. Playing Games
20. Fun with Reading
21. Making Mistakes
22. Separation
23. Days of the Week
24. Sharing
25. Ducks and Fish
26. Fairy Tales
27. Things I Can Do
28. Dancing (cameo)
29. Singing
30. Neighborhoods
31. Kenya
32. Pistachio
33. Full Team Ahead
34. The Magic Words
35. Litterbot
36. The Sleepless Sleepover
37. Little Red Rockin' Hood
38. The Whole Truth
39. The Nature of Things
40. The New Kid
41. Listen!
42. Lost and Found
43. Trail Boss Barney
44. Get Happy!
45. For the Fun of It
46. No, No, No!
47. The Emperor's Contest
48. Beethoven's Hear!
49. Guess Who?
50. Sweet Treats
51. Dream Big
52. The Awful Tooth
53. What's Your Name?
54. Gift of the Dinos
55. Riff's Musical Zoo
56. Riff to the Rescue!: A Wild West Adventure
57. Lights! Camera! Action!: A Movie Adventure
58. To Catch a Thief: A Mystery Adventure
59. The Magic Lamp: A Travel Adventure
60. The Amazing Captain Pickles: A Hero Adventure
61. The Reluctant Dragon: A Fairy Tale Adventure
62. Bienvenido, Barney: Mexico
63. ¡Ahora Mismo!: Spain
64. Venice, Anyone?: Italy
65. The Music Box: Switzerland
66. The Good Egg: Kenya
67. Bonjour, Barney!: France

1. Let's Make Music
2. Let's Go to the Fire House
3. Barney's Dino-Mite Birthday
4. Celebrating Around the World
5. Barney's Animal ABC's
6. Hi! I'm Riff!
7. The Best of Barney
8. Once Upon a Dino Tale
9. Let's Go on Vacation
10. Barney's Jungle Friends
11. A Counting We Will Go

1. ↑ http://www.hitentertainment.com/prpdfs/riff\_announcement\_final\_-\_june\_20\_2006.pdf
The Queen of Make Believe (Barney & Friends Season 1 episode)

"**The Queen of Make-Believe**" is the first episode from the first season, as well as the series premiere of *Barney & Friends*.

## Plot

Min becomes "The Queen Of Make-Believe" and Michael, Shawn, and Tina are the castle staff. She wishes to see Barney (who is dubbed "the royal dinosaur"), later making him king. Barney explains that imagination can turn things into other things. The kids look up at the clouds and start to see shapes, which Tina imagines a tasty rain. Coincidentally, a thunderstorm begins after they finish singing. In the classroom, everyone finds ways to use their imagination, like Tina's pretend tea party. When Michael finds some boxes, Min comes up with trying to build a robot. Barney brings The Barney Bag out to help the kids bring the robot to life. As the kids struggle to find a head for the robot, Barney asks Michael to recite the "Anything String" poem, which shows that even simple things can turn into something else with imagination. Shawn, after hearing this, finds a teapot to use as the head, but as soon as Barney puts it on, the robot comes to life. After the robot performs his song, Michael reveals that it was him inside the robot. While the rain still pours, Michael comes up with the idea of putting on a parade to make the rain stop. This plan works, and soon the sky is clear once more. The kids imagine one last time, pretending the playground platform is a rocket ship.

**Poems**: The Anything String

## Songs

1. Barney Theme Song
2. Old King Cole
3. Old King Cole (Reprise)
4. If All The Raindrops
5. I'm A Little Teapot
6. The Barney Bag
7. I'm A Little Robot
8. Animal Parade
9. The Rocket Song
10. I Love You

## Trivia

* This episode marked:
	+ The first episode written by Stephen White.
	+ The first time the "Barney Theme Song" is sung with *Barney & Friends* lyrics.
	+ The first appearances of Min and Shawn.
	+ The first appearance of "The Barney Bag".
	+ The first time "I Love You" is sung with *Barney & Friends* lyrics.
	+ The first appearance of the Barney Says segment.
* Despite being listed as a song on the back of Time Life version of the VHS cover, the song, "Yankee Doodle" didn't appear in this episode.

### Goofs

* When Barney sings the line "We're a happy family" in "I Love You", Michael and Tina are seen lip-synching to the song.
Dipsy (Teletubbies character)

**Dipsy** is the second Teletubby with an antenna that refers to a dipstick because of his name.

Dipsy's skin tone is slightly darker than the other Teletubbies, implying that he is black. He is jolly and likes talking to himself. He wears a white hat with black cow spots.

Dipsy is 8 feet tall and is green. He calls his hat "Dipsy 'Hat" which is how a toddler would say "My Hat." Dipsy is quite stubborn, sarcastic, and contemptuous, and will sometimes refuse to go along with the other Teletubbies' group opinion. He once lost his hat but Laa-Laa found it. He is the second oldest Teletubby after Tinky Winky and he is quite intelligent and mature. He often hangs out with Laa-Laa and Tinky-Winky and is played by John Simmit in the original series and Nick Chee Ping Kellington in the new series.

He enjoys playing fun games with the other Teletubbies. In most of the episodes, he can be seen wearing his hat while playing with Tinky Winky, Laa-Laa, and Po while doing any activity they are doing in Teletubbyland. In some episodes, he sometimes plays by himself when nobody is around.

## Trivia

* The sound Dipsy's bottom makes was used in the Baby Bop from *Barney's Imagination Island*.
* He is the second tallest tubby

## See also

* Tinky Winky
* Laa-Laa
* Po
Animals Big and Small (Teletubbies video)

**Animals Big and Small** is the thirteenth video of Teletubbies. It was released in April 26, 2015.

## Chapters/Segments

* The Little Lamb **(From Making Fantastic Animals)**
* TV Event - Feeding Baby Penguins
* How, Now, Brown, Cow **(From Colours: Brown)**
* TV Event - Baby Elephant
* Crawling **(From Crawling)**
* The Butterfly **(From Tweet Tweet)**
* TV Event - Puppies
* The Dog **(From Our Dog Alice)**
* Woof Woof **(From Dog Kennel)**
* TV Event - Cygnets
* Voice Trumpet Quacks at Laa-Laa **(From Sarah, Fraser and the Ducks)**

Featuring: Hannah MacKay, Alex, Jess & Jo Osborne and Catherine Watkins, Channing Carr and Lisa du Plooy, Emily, Holly and Debbie Brown, Andy Brown with Sophie Easton and Ryan McKechnie

## Trivia

* Dipsy was the boo shouter
* The missing teletubby was Laa-Laa
* When the Magic Windmill spins for the Puppies TV Event, it plays the beginning of the Magical Event tune as the Butterfly segment originally had The Animal Parade afterwards.
* This is the fourth video to have only one scene with Dave Thompson as Tinky Winky. That scene being the butterfly.
* This is the first video that released in 2015.
The Up and Down Dance (Teletubbies Dance)

**The Up and Down Dance** is a dance that the Teletubbies do. It was first shown in the episode, Painting Easter Eggs. The Teletubbies do this dance inside the house near the Control Panel.

## Plot

The dance starts off as Tinky-Winky puts his left foot up onto the step near the control panel and puts it back down on the floor to the rhythm. He repeats it a few more times as the other Teletubbies come stepping to the right and to the left. Then, one at a time, they sit down on the step, and then they stand back up. They sit back down on the step, except Tinky Winky. They keep repeating this pattern a few times until they all stand up. Then, Tinky Winky goes over to the control panel, and pulls one of the five levers up and down three times. Next, Laa-Laa also goes over to the control panel and slides the slider up and down also three times. Po jumps up onto the step near the control panel and jumps back down on the floor a few times. Dipsy also goes over to the control panel and presses each of the middle coloured buttons that make funny noises. The dance ends as the Teletubbies walk to the left of the house as they keep jumping up and down the step near the control panel, except Tinky Winky, who jumps up and down the step without walking with the others. Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po turned around to him and Po whispers 'Tinky'. Then Tinky-Winky joins the others as the dance ends.

## Trivia

* This is one of the three dances where the Teletubbies dance inside the house, the other two are the Follow the Leader Dance, and the Skipping Dance.
* In the TV series, the Teletubbies do the dance twice. However, when they dance the first time, there are no percussion instruments used. The second time, percussion instruments are used.
Tubby Toast (Teletubbies food)

**Tubby Toast** is a round piece of toasted bread with a smiley face on it. It is one of the Teletubbies' favourite foods. The Teletubbies make Tubby Toast with the Tubby Toaster. Tubby Toast has also had some fun incidents involved:

* In Feeding the Chickens, the Tubby Toaster malfunctions for some reason and makes too much Tubby Toast and it flies all around the house and even outside.
* In Naughty Sock Returns, the Tubby Toaster makes lots of Tubby Toast again and creates a Tubby Toast Tower. This happens again in the reboot series episodes: Loop the Loop and Tall Tower.
* In Playing with Dough, the Tubby Toaster makes a very big piece of Tubby Toast.
* In Pebbles, the Tubby Toaster makes lots of Tubby Toast and creates a Tubby Toast Pattern on the Tubby Table.
* In Apple Pie and Monkeys (South Africa), the Tubby Toaster makes bouncy Tubby Toast which bounces all over the house.
* In Picking Chillies (Spain), Tinky-Winky makes lots of Tubby Toast and puts it in his bag. But when he opens his bag, all the Tubby Toast burst out all over Teletubbyland.

The Teletubbies love Tubby Toast.

## Trivia

* When all 4 Teletubbies have Tubby Toast together, their Tubby Toast lands on their plates in a particular order: Dipsy, Tinky Winky, Po and Laa-Laa. In Dirty Dog, the order is different: Dipsy, Laa-Laa, Po and Tinky Winky.
* In Feeding the Chickens and Picking Chillies (Spain), there is a rare frowning piece of Tubby Toast seen.
* In real life, Tubby Toast is not edible as it is made out of possibly foam or plastic.
Happy Weather Stories (Teletubbies video)

**Happy Weather Stories** is the eighteenth video of Teletubbies. It was released in October 18, 2015.

## Chapters/Segments

* Po Looks Up at the Sky **(From Colours: Blue)**
* TV Event - Kite Flying
* Big Wind, Come Back Everything **(From Land Yachting)**
* TV Event - Sandcastles
* Tinky Winky's Special Cloud **(From Kite Flying)**
* Laa-Laa Remembered the Snow **(From Christmas in Spain)**
* TV Event - Snowy Story
* Dipsy's Magic Weather Book **(From Painting Swings)**
* TV Event - Welly Walk
* The Rainbow **(From Pavement Artist)**

Featuring: Kieran Gangaram, Michael Johnson and Rachel Trew, Thomas & Jack Armstrong; The Children of Hunter Mountain; Lewis Reynolds & Mary Duncan

## Trivia

* This has many modified versions of the Windmill clips.
* Big Wind, Come Back Everything segment opens with a clip from the episode Jabadayo, where the wind blows and shakes some trees and flowers.
* Laa-Laa was the boo shouter
* This is the first video where Dipsy is the missing Teletubby.
* This is the fifth video to have only one scene with Dave Thompson as Tinky Winky. That scene being Dipsy's magic weather book.
Happy Christmas from the Teletubbies (Teletubbies video)

**Happy Christmas from the Teletubbies** is the sixth video of Teletubbies. It was released in December 23, 2012.

## Chapters/Segments

* The Christmas Tree **(From Christmas Tree)**
* Jingle Bells **(From Making Christmas Cards)**
* TV Event - Christmas Tree
* Laa Laa's Decorations **(From Making Christmas Cards)**
* TV Event - Christmas Carols
* Po's Little Frosty Cloud **(From Snowy Story)**
* TV Event - Making Christmas Cards
* Dipsy's Christmas Cracker **(From Christmas Crackers)**
* Dipsy Dances to We wish you a Merry Christmas **(From Christmas Carols)**
* Tinky Winky's Christmas Star **(From Christmas Carols)**

Featuring: Naomi Adeniji, Desmond, Ella & Lilly Ainsworth, Lewis Evans, Elliott and Jazzmin Fairhurst-Groethe, Saalim Koomar, Anne-Marie Tuckwell and The Children of St. Charles Primary School, Gosforth

## Trivia

* In Tubby Bye-Bye, when the Teletubbies walk up to the hole at the top of the house, instead of the Tubby Bye-Bye song, a Teletubby version of Jingle Bells plays and the ending music is a Christmas version.
* Laa-Laa was the boo shouter
* Po was the missing teletubby
* This is the last video that released in 2012.
* This is the first Teletubbies video that doesn't have a Magical Event. They wouldn't be shown again until the 16th video Magical Surprises (on September 13, 2015).
LazyTown

**LazyTown** is an Icelandic children's television series created by Magnús Scheving. It was commissioned by SPTHFKids and first aired on 3 August 2014. The show has its roots in a storybook published in 1991, which was adapted into two stage performances and a test pilot.

## Plot

The show stars Stephanie, a young girl who has just moved to a community called LazyTown to live with her uncle, Mayor Meanswell. There, she meets a group of friends—Ziggy, Trixie, Pixel and Stingy—who do not know how to lead healthy lifestyles. With the help of a superhero named Sportacus, Stephanie helps to teach everyone in LazyTown how to be active and happy. Her attempts are often nearly thwarted by the bumbling villain Robbie Rotten, but his schemes are prone to failing.

## Episodes

*Main article: List of LazyTown episodes*
Twenty-six full-length episodes and forty-seven shorts were aired during the series' run.

## Characters

The series has nine main characters, all of which originated in the stage shows. Three of the main characters are played by human actors: Stephanie, Sportacus, and Robbie Rotten. Ziggy, Trixie, Pixel, Stingy, the Mayor, and Bessie are all played by puppets. Several episodes feature guest characters.
Blue Cursor (Dora the Explorer object)

The Blue Cursor was used as a cursor in Dora the Explorer.

## Role in the show

When Dora asks a question, it clicks on the answer. In the ending credits, it is seen clicking on a button to reveal the credits, and also trying to find the featured character in the Character Find segments.

## Appearance

The Blue Cursor takes the form of a blue arrow with a white border. It is angled at around 40 to 50 degrees with the point of the arrow facing the right side of the screen. The top half and the bottom half of the arrow are about the same width. When it clicks on something, the object it is clicking on will glow yellowish-white.

## Trivia

* As of late 2018, the Blue Cursor was completely gone; instead, the highlighted object will simply glow, except for clicking on Dora at the end of the "We Did It!" song.
* Dora and Boots never mention the blue cursor by its name and they don't even see it on-screen anywhere whenever it clicks stuff, Dora doesn't even feel it clicking her at the end of every episode because it's a computer clicker.
	+ Dora does, however, look at the arrow when it clicks on her at the Troll Bridge in "Call Me Mr. Riddles".
* The Blue Cursor is always clicking on Dora at the end of every episode but until it hits season 5, it stops clicking on Dora at end of each episode from now on and instead opens and closes with a fade in and fade out effect on-screen.
* The Blue Cursor appears in every episode but in Season 7 and Season 8, it's not used for clicking anything anymore, it only clicks on Dora after singing We Did It! in every episode from now on.
* In Go, Diego, Go!, The Blue Cursor only appears during Backpack's or Map's sequence.
* The Blue Cursor is always seen on the title of Dora the Explorer with the word "the" on it after the theme song and it clicks on Dora beginning the show, except in the Season 7-8 opening sequence, it doesn't click on Dora, the show automatically begins by itself with a fade in and fade out effect.
* The Blue Cursor was Red Instead of Blue, It is seen on the Music to go toy.
Barney's Travel Book

**Barney's Travel Book** is a photo album-like book that Barney uses to take his friends places in Season 13 of Barney & Friends. It's first appearance was in Let's Go on Vacation and it's final appearance was in Home Sweet Earth: The Rainforest.

## How it works

Barney and his friends (and occasionally, the other dinos) use their imaginations to go anywhere in the world they want and the Travel Book takes them to said place.

Every time it appeared, everyone knows that they're gonna take a trip. When the book appears, they would usually sing the song, Here We Go Again.

## Appearances

1. Going to Mexico (Let's Go on Vacation/Bienvenido, Barney: Mexico)

2. Going to China (Big Brother Rusty: China)

3. Going to Spain (¡Ahora Mismo!: Spain)

4. Going to Italy (Venice, Anyone?: Italy)

5. Going to Greece (Sweeter Than Candy: Greece)

6. Going to Switzerland (The Music Box: Switzerland)

7. Going to Kenya (The Good Egg: Kenya)

8. Going to Hawaii (A Bird of a Different Feather: Hawaii)

9. Going to France (Bonjour, Barney!: France)

10. Going To The Rainforest (Barney's Jungle Friends/Home Sweet Earth: The Rainforest)

## Trivia

* This segment was used in every single Season 13 episode of Barney & Friends.
* The travel book is shown at the end of each Season 13 episode of Barney & Friends where Barney explains each episode's journey and explaining more about the country's culture.
What's That? (Teletubbies video)

**What's That?** is the twentieth video of Teletubbies. It was released in March 20, 2016.

## Chapters/Segments

### Teletubbies Everywhere Segments

* Ice Skating (Finland):
	+ Intro (Po is the Leader)
	+ Counting Two Pos
	+ Near and Far with Dipsy and Laa Laa
	+ TV Event - Ice Skating (Finland)
	+ Big Hug!
	+ Outro (Po is the Last Goodbye)
* Autumn Leaves (Chile):
	+ Intro (Tinky Winky is the Leader)
	+ Tinky Winky discovers the color brown
	+ Laa Laa demonstrates behind with a tree
	+ TV Event - Autumn Leaves (Chile)
	+ Po Jumping
	+ Big Hug!
	+ Outro (Tinky Winky is the Last Goodbye)

International Inserts: FINLAND- Yleisaradio Oy Finnish Broadcasting, CHILE- Discovery Networks Latin America/Iberia.

### Teletubbies Segments

* A Day for Dancing **(From Ballet Rhymes)**
* Voice Trumpet plays Church Bells **(From Oranges and Lemons)**
* TV Event - Asian Storyteller (The Fox)
* Swapping Favourite Things **(From Kathak Dancing)**

Featuring: Vinata Godbole, Radhika Bali, Anuska Mehta, Annabel Johnstone, Neiko Ali and Anthony Spiers-Fitzgerald

## Trivia

* This was the first video to have Teletubbies Everywhere.
* This video and Look! include 2 Teletubbies Everywhere episodes before the Intro. Future videos Oooh!, Again Again! and Naughty Noo-Noo! would include only 1 Teletubbies Everywhere episode after the Intro.
* This was the first video to have a title card before the start of the video. After Teletubbies Everywhere, there is an end title card with a photo of the Teletubbies that says 'Teletubbies love each other very much'. These would be featured in all future videos.
* Laa Laa was the boo shouter.
* Po was the missing teletubby
* This is the first video that released in 2016.
My favorite TV shows of SPTHFKids (ScratchPad, Treehouse, and Fooz Kids)

This shows was PBS Kids, CBeebies, Nick Jr. and more:

* Barney & Friends (Every Saturday at 7:30 a.m.) - 5 March 2005 - 25 November 2017
* Brum (Every Saturday at 6:30 a.m.) - 2006 - 2018
* Caillou (Every Saturday at 7:00 a.m.) - 2008-2018
* Teletubbies (Every Monday at 10:00 a.m.) - 1997 series: 5 January 2009 - 28 December 2015, Teletubbies Everywhere series: 4 January - 26 December 2016, 2015 series: 2018-2019
* Tweenies (Every Tuesday at 10:00 a.m.) - 21 July 2009 - 27 December 2016
* Dora the Explorer (Every Sunday at 8:00 a.m. (Double length in 7:30 a.m.)) - 17 July 2011 - 3 March 2019
* Fimbles (Every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.) - 5 September 2012 - 29 June 2016
* LazyTown (Every Sunday at 10:00 a.m.) - 3 August 2014 - 25 February 2018
* The Backyardigans (Every Sunday at 8:30 a.m.) - 5 October 2014 - 11 March 2018
* Go, Diego, Go! (Every Sunday at 9:00 a.m.) - 28 December 2014 - 27 January 2019
* Boohbah (Every Saturday and Sunday/Weekends at 9:30 a.m.) - 5 March 2016 - 26 February 2017
* The Roly Mo Show (Every Monday to Friday/Weekdays at 10:00 a.m.) - July 2016 - 2017
* In the Night Garden... (Every Monday to Friday/Weekdays at 10:00 a.m.) - March 2017 - 2019

## Trivia

* On July 2016, The *Fimbles* replaced with *The Roly Mo Show*
Hide and Seek (Teletubbies video)

**Hide and Seek with the Teletubbies** is the nineteenth video of Teletubbies. It was released in December 6, 2015.

## Chapters/Segments

* Hiding from Dipsy **(From Statues)**
* TV Event - Hide and Seek
* Tubby Toast on Laa Laa's Head **(From Making Lanterns)**
* TV Event - Becky and Jed Finding Eggs
* The Wall **(From Dry Stone Wall)**
* Hiding in Teletubbyland **(From Stick Insect)**
* TV Event - Chameleon
* Where's Po? **(From Action Story)**

## Trivia

* Before the Becky and Jed Finding eggs TV Event, the Magic Windmill spins with Magical Event tune as the Tubby Toast segment originally had The Magic Tree afterwards. However, it cuts to the Teletubbies saying 'Uh-Oh' in the first segment of Becky and Jed Finding Eggs instead of them saying 'Uh-Oh' in Making Lanterns.
* Tinky Winky was the missing teletubby
* Laa-Laa was the boo shouter
* This is the last video that released in 2015.