Light, Dark, Bubble

**Light, Dark, Bubble** is the second episode of the first season in the series *A Little Curious*. It was intended to be the third episode, but was produced as the seventh, and aired as the second. It aired on February 8, 1999. It focuses on the subjects of the words light, dark, and bubble.

## Segments

### Night Lights (Stop Motion)

Mary Jane and Lacey are going to sleep, and Mr. Shoe wishes them sweet dreams. As he leaves, they complain that it's too dark and tell him to leave the door open. But it's still too dark, so he switches on the night light. The girls still complain that it's too dark, so Mr. Shoe switches on their lava lamp, and then Mr. Twinkle. Mr. Shoe tells them it's time to put his "foot down" and leaves the room, as many lights are shining and flickering.

### A Little Reality

Some toys and a puppy play in a room with sun light and stop when it's dark again.

### Too Light! Too Dark! (CGI)

Mr. String is in a dark room with only his eyes visible, and worries that he'll turn into a bat for Halloween and asking for candy, and worrying that tomato farmers will go out of business due to nobody having room for vegetables. He switches the light back on and still complains that it's now too bright. Mr. String keeps switching the light on and off going "Ah! Too Light! Ah! Too Dark!"

### A Little Reality

This live action segment showcases lots of neon lights, shown around in a big city.

### Dark Chocolate (Acrylic Painting)

Little Cup appears on a table with chocolate milk inside of him, complete with a straw that Bob uses to drink out of him. There is a song sung by Pad and Pencil, and at the end of it, Bob exclaims "Mmmm, yummy!"

### A Little Reality

Chocolate milk is made darker as more syrup pours in, then someone puts a straw in it to make bubbles.

### Dark and Stormy Night (CGI)

Pad asks Pencil to tell her a story, which begins on a dark and stormy night, with dark clouds casting dark shadows. Pad tells him that the story is too gloomy and tells him to lighten up, which he answers that a kiss from her would lighten him up. After a few "gushes", Pencil resumes telling the story, when the sun comes up and causes the flowers to bloom. After the story, Pad hugs Pencil tightly, causing him to feel "lightheaded".

### Bubble Love (Live Action/CGI blend)

Bob blows a bubble which causes him to follow it all around a live-action environment, such as streams, fields, and a playground. Eventually, it pops, which makes Bob feel sad, until another bubble comes floating by that he chases again.

### Light Chocolate (Acrylic Painting)

A sequel to the "Dark Chocolate" segment, Little Cup makes lighter chocolate milk this time, as well as bubbles in the milk. This segment ends with Bob going "Ahh.." and blowing more bubbles in the milk.

### Fish Bubbles (Stop Motion)

Mr. String finds a fishbowl with a Moorish idol inside, who he transforms into one and copies everything it does inside it's bowl. But when the fish jumps out of the bowl, Mr. String tries to copy him but ends up getting swished around. He laughs as the segment ends.

### A Little Reality

This live action segment features a fishbowl being filled up with water, and then becomes inhabited with two goldfish.

### Light on Your Feet (Cel)

Pad is teaching ballet dances to Mary Jane, Lacey, Plush, and Bob in a dance studio. At first, the shoes and Plush have trouble being "light on their feet," but Pad sees Bob bouncing up and down and is amazed. Soon enough, everyone jumps up and down as Bob does perfectly.

### Light as a Feather (Cel)

Mr. String is up a tree branch and sees a feather floating in the air, with a chorus singing a song in the background. He transforms into a feather and floats into the air, until he realizes he's not a feather and is a string, and falls on the ground.

### Soda Bubbles (Cel)

A bottle of soda is opened and is poured into Little Cup, with a singer singing about the floating soda bubbles in the drink.

### A Little Reality

In this segment, various kids are blowing bubblegum bubbles, all popping.

### Bubble Bath (Stop Motion)

Bob is seen floating in a bath when all of a sudden, he farts, which makes a bunch of bubbles burst behind him, causing the toys around him to float away. He looks around and laughs at the camera.

### A Little Reality

This segment features various large bubbles floating around evening skies and parks, bursting.

### Light Day, Dark Night (Stop Motion/Watercolor blend)

Doris is seen outside on top of a hill, with a song being sung about the day and night cycle. When it turns night, Doris tells the audience not to worry, and turns on a light in her eyes.

## Trivia

* As confirmed through the Library of Congress, this episode was intended to be the third episode, but wasn't produced until 1999 as the seventh episode.
* In the *Night Lights* segment, when Mr. Shoe turns on the Mr. Twinkle light, the light string turns into Mr. String for a quick second.
* The part where Bob says, "Thank you, ladies and gentlemen!" in *Bubble Love*/*Don't Pop, Bubble* was used for an HBO Family promo from 1999, albeit shortened to "Thank you!". On a similar note, the scene at the end of *He's a Plush* (with a couple of characters singing beneath an enlarged Plush) was also used in the commercial.
* The live action and CGI blend used in the short "The Bubble" (titled as Bubble Love/Don't Pop, Bubble in this episode) won't be used again until the series' final episode, A Little Curious About Life, for the "Full of Life" segment.
* Not counting the intended order, this is the first episode to be aired out of production order (it was the seventh episode produced in contrast to it being aired second overall), the first of two episodes to do so, and the only Season 1 episode where this occurs.
	+ As a result, the "Just Like Looking in a Mirror: Fish" segment, which was reused and renamed to "Fish Bubbles" for this episode, premieres two episodes early.