Just the Beginning

Just the Beginning is the first episode of *Dave the Dog Does*.

## Plot

The CuddleUppets introduce themselves to the viewers, while Dave and Ellie hear a weird ticking sound in their room.

## Story

Dave and Ellie are seen welcoming the viewers to the episode, and talk about what they are going to do. They decide to introduce themselves.

Dave is introduced first: "My name is Dave, and I am the star of the show, I love exploring and finding new things, and I have a very good sense of smell.", he tells the viewers.

After that, Ellie is introduced: "My name's Ellie, and... I'm basically the next star of the show, and... I love being really loud! But I also like to be quiet when we need to, and... my personality is being happy, jumpy, always bright, and positive.", she tells. After Ellie introduces herself, they insist on getting more friends to introduce.

Princess is the next to be introduced: "Hello, internet! Well, in fact, I am called Princess, and of course, I am Dave's wife", she tells before the two kiss. "And...", she continues, "My personality is... well, beauty, yeah, stuff like that." "Fashion... having fun... and, I guess part of my personality is being your wife!", Princess says, before deciding to get more friends.

The scene cuts to Bryan and Betsy introducing themselves: "I'm Bryan, and I'm a bear who likes fixing things, and this is Betsy over here.", says Bryan. "Hello, my name's Betsy, I like inventing things, and me and Bryan usually work together, don't we?" "Yeah.", replies Bryan. "You do a lot of magic". "Yes, a lot of magic. I help people, but sometimes make mistakes, and... that's alright!" "And, well, my personality is being happy, and, I love being an inventor, and I also like being a magician.", she says. Bryan then talks about how her magic is so amazing and nice. He says the word "nice" lots of times before they decide to get other friends to introduce.

Then the scene cuts to Mojo introducing himself: "Hi, I'm Mojo, and I'm made of chocolate." "Um, yes, he's made of chocolate. Sure.", says Ellie. Ellie asks Mojo what his favourite flavour of chocolate is. "Elephant flavour.", Mojo replies. Ellie gets so mad that she shouts at Mojo angrily. "SCARY ELEPHANT!", Mojo screams before running off.

After, Croc introduces himself: "Sorry, I like screaming. My name's Croc, and I like to scream, and I like eating slugs and slime." "BLEH!", yells Ellie, rushing away.

Next, Hopsterz introduces herself: "My personality is being quiet, and I like gardening, and my favourite food is carrots." "And, I've just realised that I'm the only bunny on the show." "But Ellie's the only elephant on the show!", says Dave. "Yeah, but you're not the only dog though", says Hopsterz.

After that, Betsy is seen introducing Quacksterz. Quacksterz then shows off one of his quacking tricks, as Betsy and Quacksterz quack and sing together. Quacksterz, being the last friend to be introduced, both decide on getting Dave and Ellie back.

The scene cuts to Dave and Ellie, saying that they have an enemy to introduce: The evil ladybug.

After, Hopsterz and the Evil Ladybug are seen: "This is the Evil Ladybug, and I'm not scared of her. Got a problem?", says Hopsterz. "I'm not the one with a problem!", she responds. "Who's the one then? HMMMM?!", asks Hopsterz. Ladybug responds with "You". Then, Hopsterz beats up the Ladybug, tells her to leave, and licks her.

Dave and Ellie return only to hear a strange ticking sound in the room. Ellie thinks it is Ladybug's fault at first, and thinks that it might be one of her inventions. It turns out to be one of Betsy's things for pressing buttons, that has been going in the wrong direction. She tries to stop it, but it would still tick. Ellie and Dave decide on ending the episode and try to fix the noise. They do, as Ellie leaves the wrong way, as Dave points out so. The episode ends.

## Characters

* Dave
* Ellie
* Princess
* Bryan
* Betsy
* Mojo
* Croc
* Hopsterz
* Quacksterz
* Evil Ladybug

## Trivia

* The ticking noise is actually buttons being pressed by a nearby fan that is turned off at the plug.
* Hopsterz licking the Evil Ladybug is a reference to an old episode from the older series titled "*No Escape from Jail*" where Hopsterz licks her to annoy her.

## Video

**Series 1**
**Just the Beginning**, Day of Dave, Kept Awake, Ellie's Unexpected Surprise, Being a Human, Writing Worries, Ellie's House, Where's My Friendship?, Medical Madness, Mojo Go-Goes

**Series 2**
Ellie the Elephant Does, A Buggy Bug, A Year Already?, Creating Cookies, Dressed as a Dog's Dinner, The Hic-Hic-Hic-Up-Up-Up-Ups, Duck Fest, In Poor Voice

**Series 3**
**Shorts**
Pterry's Flying Lessons

**Unused media**