The Amazing Maze

## Plot

Toopy and Binoo get lost in the maze Toopy is doing, but a baby kangaroo helps them escape.

## Synopsis

The episode begins with Toopy working on a maze in an activity book. Noticing his struggle, Binoo gets up from reading his book to see what Toopy is doing. Toopy explains to Binoo that the goal of the activity is to guide a baby kangaroo from the middle of the maze to his mother at the exit. Toopy asks Binoo if he wants to help him guide the baby kangaroo to his mother. Binoo nods, and Toopy starts thinking about where they should start looking for the baby kangaroo. However, as he speaks, a green hedge maze grows around them.

Being in the center of the newly grown hedge maze, they quickly find the baby kangaroo. Toopy explains to the kangaroo that they have come to help him and that they should go left. Binoo and the kangaroo decide to go the other way, and Toopy follows them. Toopy catches up to them and tells them that they should follow his directions because he's an expert at mazes. Eventually, they hit a dead end. The baby kangaroo and Binoo decide to go backwards and then around a corner. Toopy realizing that Binoo and the kangaroo have left, he follows them. They end up in a mud-filled alley.

Toopy thinks that they went the wrong way again, but as he speaks, some blue hippos rise from the mud. Toopy tries to ask them for directions, but Binoo and the kangaroo use the hippos as stepping stones to cross the mud. Toopy tries to catch up, but he misses the last jump and falls into the mud. Luckily, Binoo is there to help pull him out of the mud. As they continue forward, they find the kangaroo again standing near the edge of a pool. Toopy runs over and warns him that the edge of the pool might be slippery, but he ends up falling into the pool.

Having recovered from his fall, Toopy realizes that there is a family of alligators. He tries to ask them for directions, but they don't know how to get to the exit of the maze. Upon turning around to face Binoo and the kangaroo, he realizes that they have gone without him. Toopy catches up with them when they reach another dead end. After catching up, Toopy tries to tell Binoo and the kangaroo what directions they should have followed, but as he is speaking, the baby kangaroo waves goodbye to him, and he jumps away.

Toopy realizes that the kangaroo could have jumped out of the maze on his own. Having dealt with the baby kangaroo, Toopy tries to tell Binoo how to leave the maze, but he is interrupted by loud thumping. Suddenly, the mother kangaroo jumps into the maze. The baby kangaroo pops out of her pouch, and Toopy realizes that the mother kangaroo is trying to help them leave the maze. After hopping into her pouch and giving her directions, the mother kangaroo bounces back to Toopy and Binoo's House. After thanking the mother kangaroo, Toopy attempts to give her directions to return to the maze. The episode ends with the baby kangaroo and Binoo chuckling to themselves.

## Character/Personas/Creatures

- Toopy

- Binoo

- Joey

- Joey's Mother

- Hippos

- Alligator Family

## Outfits

Toopy:

- Regular Shirt

Binoo:

- Glasses

- Nothing

## Notable Items

-Maze Book

-Binoo's Bedtime Book

## Locations

- Toopy and Binoo’s House

- Hedge Maze

## Trivia

- This is the first episode where Joey and his mother are mentioned by name

- Toopy calls the muddy alley a “Hippo Bath”

- There seems to be a spot the differences puzzle on the next page of the activity book that Toopy is working on

- Joey and his mother are coloured purple inside the book. However, when Toopy and Binoo meet them they are not purple

## Gallery

Title Card"Oh no, trapped again. \*Laughs\*""This is Joey, he's a baby kangaroo and he's lost and can't find his mother.""Here!""There he is. See that Binoo, I found him already.""That's funny.""Um hi. \*Stutter\* We're look for Joey's mom do you know...""\*Bubble Noises\* Binoo!""There you are!""Oh \*Stutter\* hi everybody.""Binoo! Joey! Wait! I never get lost in mazes, \*Stutter\* you need me!""Woah! Are you Joey's mother? He's looking for you.""Follow me!"