To Be or Not to Be....Me

To Be or Not to Be...Me is the first segment of an episode of Little Clowns of Happytown.

## Synopsis

The Little Clowns are rehearsing their production of Little Red Riding Hood with Hiccup as Little Red Riding Hood and Pranky as The Big Bad Wolf. Disgusted by Pranky's childlike behavior, Hiccup tells him about a newspaper article she read about a movie producer coming to town and she believes this is her chance to become an actress. Awful Bebad plans to disguise himself as the movie producer to trick her. Hiccup gets ready for her debut by looking like a completely different clown. Mr. Pickleherring goes to pick up an important guest while Bebad, Geek, and Whiner crash the theatre. Clowns from all over Happytown arrive for the show and Hiccup acts like a diva. Bebad arrives and Hiccup believes her dream is about to come true as Tickles seats him, Geek, and Whiner at a table. Onstage, Badum-Bump is leading an animal band with Rover and the Clownimals. Geek enjoys the show much to Bebad's annoyance, who orders him and Whiner to get to work. In the kitchen, Tickles and Big Top are preparing the food with Tickles' sandwich-making invention when Blooper crashes in. Geek and Whiner crank the machine on high and it starts going out of control making crazy sandwiches. Blooper runs out of the kitchen with Big Top and Tickles. Hiccup is performing in Romeo and Juliet which confuses Pranky. Blooper races onstage and around the tables successfully delivering the sandwiches and the Clowns cheer and applaud thinking it's an act. Big Top and Tickles land on the stage with Blooper and the audience loves it. Hiccup, believing her career is ruined, begs Bebad to give her another chance. He refuses and she leaves the room in tears. He is proud of his scheme and orders Geek and Whiner to leave. Big Top and Tickles go find Hiccup and cheer her up while Blooper discovers Bebad and goes to warn the others. As Bebad is about to leave, he notices the real producer on the other side of the door and locks him out. Mr. Pickleherring comes up with a way to get inside. Hiccup is very unhappy and believes her dreams of becoming a star will never come true. Big Top and Tickles help her understand that the important thing is to just be herself. She cheers up, and Blooper tells the Clownies about Bebad and Hiccup plans the perfect payback. As Bebad tries to escape, she tricks him into coming onstage and performing with her in Little Red Riding Hood. She takes off his disguise and Pranky blasts him, Geek, and Whiner right out of the theatre with a giant cream pie. Mr. Pickleherring enters the theater by floating balloons and welcomes the real movie producer, who sees Hiccup's performance and asks her if she'd like to be a star. Her ego starts to get in the way but the other clowns remind her what she's learned so she's happy to just be herself.

## Characters Appearing

Big Top

Badum-Bump

Hiccup

Tickles

Pranky

Blooper

Rover

Clownimals

Mr. Pickleherring

Awful Bebad

Geek and Whiner

Movie Producer

Clowns

## Trivia

* This is one of the few episodes where Big Top has a change of clothes. At the beginning he wears a blue jacket, black bowtie, white shirt, light blue jeans, red shoes, red beret, and sunglasses when being a director.
	+ Hiccup also has a change of clothes as she wears a black dress.
	+ The title of this episode is a pun on the phrase "to be or not to be" from William Shakespeare's *Hamlet*.