In the Night Garden - The Zinky Zonk Attack

Some British users reading this article may remember In the Night Garden...

For the people who haven't seen it, it is a show on CBeebies that's intended to help children go to sleep, and it features a blue creature named Igglepiggle, a doll called Upsy Daisy, a small creature named Makka Pakka and three characters called the Tombliboos, as well as the teeny tiny Pontipines which are a family of ten wooden dolls, and the father wears a fake moustache. Then you've got the train called the Ninky Nonk, the blimp called the Pinky Ponk, 5 inflatables called the Haahoos and a group of birds called the Tittifers, who are only seen in segments and after the dance.

But Australia've rebooted the show, and like some reboots, it ruined the original. They added the new "Zonk" character, a large blue avocado-like character with rabbit ears and is the size of a Haahoo. They've decided to add INSECTS?? (Not meaning to sound like I'm disrespecting nature) Seriously, the original series never has the characters interact with insects, nor did the characters pay attention to insects, and there's too much enthusiasm in the characters' personalities, and as far as I've seen, when Mr Pontipine's fake moustache flew off in this series (it has an ability of flying) it didn't fly like it did in the original, where it made slide whistles and didn't flap its wings.

Did you never hear how the Zonk entered the Night Garden, and ruined the brand entirely? You'll find out today...

So I saw an episode of In the Night Garden on iPlayer, and it had no name for some reason, and it showed Upsy Daisy with a CGI look, which I was concerned about, since I was hoping they'd reboot In the Night Garden, but not make it entirely CGI!

I watched it anyway, and it showed Igglepiggle sailing off in his boat to the Night Garden. After the intro and when they went to pick the vehicle, Derek Jacobi (the narrator) said that they will catch the Zonk, then it showed the Zonk roaming around the garden, destroying things. It showed Upsy Daisy skipping through the daisy patch, then as she was about to do her introduction dance, the Zonk had knocked a tree onto Upsy Daisy, and she was brutally killed, the Zonk continues to attack, like a next-generation Hitler (yes I know Putin is the new Hitler currently)

Makka Pakka walked out of his cave, and he was ready to get his Og-Pog out, until the Zonk attempted to walk on the bridge, thus purposely exploding it and killing Makka Pakka from the impact, and his cave crumbled to the ground with all the stones and his sleeping bag & light being crushed and abandoned.

The Pontipines were ready to have a picnic, but as they were setting up the table, the Zonk had stomped so hard that Mr Pontipine's moustache had blown off his face, then the Pontipine children ran out the gate to try and catch it, but the Zonk had crushed their house and the Pontipines, leaving a few children alive as well as the moustache.

The Tombliboos crouched out of the door and went to put their trousers on, but the Zonk climbed right up onto their bush house and it crumbled down, exploding with leaves, branches and the wallpaper of the night sky the Tombliboos have in their house, and since the piano and drums and other objects inside were destroyed, a fire had started, and the Tombliboos brutally burned in flames.

The Zonk immediately ran for the Haahoos, and they were slashed by the Zonk's hands and the Haahoos deflated violently to the ground.

But the rampage doesn't end there ... Igglepiggle ran up to the gazebo to say his final goodbye before bedtime, until the Zonk ruined it AGAIN!!! The Zonk kicked the gazebo's poles and the entire roof of the gazebo almost fell onto Igglepiggle. Igglepiggle manages to escapeand the Zonk looks around at the mess she's made; all the fire speading, and the blood stains all around the garden, as well as the moustache, which lands in the fire and burns.

But have you ever wondered where Igglepiggle goes after the credits? Well, here's what happens... Igglepiggle sailed off, and the Zonk (OMG how many times does she have to ruin the show?) manages to walk on water and cause a huge wave to crash into Igglepiggle's boat and drown him, until Helicopters tracked the Zonk down and killed her immediately with tactical nukes and other firearms.

And that's how the Zonk entered (and exited) the Night Garden...