Dressing Up is Hard to Do

"**Dressing Up is Hard to Do**" is Episode 2 in Season 2. It originally aired on January 16, 1995.

## Plot

The kids are bored, and they ask some real-life kids about what parties they have been to. Leon reveals that he's been to a grown-up party, so Julie decides that will be the perfect party, but tells the others to get dressed in their best. In another room used for a clothing warehouse, Julie decides to help Jody pick out an outfit. She finds some kind of dress, but Jody, with the help of the Pink Piece Policewoman, picks out a bunny outfit (details mentioned above). Julie criticizes this idea and tries to persuade her to take what she (Julie) picked out for her (Jody), and she says bunnies are for babies. Jody disagrees, saying a grownup can wear that. Jody says she'll see Julie at the party, but the latter disagrees just over the bunny outfit, saying it will make the grownup party into a baby party and that she (Julie) won't stay. Nevertheless, Jody picks out the outfit, declining wrapping it.

Meanwhile, as Sizzle and Nuzzle plan to crash the party, Sizzle tries picking out a romance outfit or a fiesta one, but she has trouble deciding. After a montage of animals in clothes, Nuzzle decides to pick an outfit for her.

Back to the party, Jody is welcomed by the rest of the kids. Skye is wearing three ties due to having a hard time choosing), but upon greeting Julie, she gets verbally bashed for wearing what she'd been forbidden to wear. Jody insists she likes what she's wearing, but Julie openly tells her she looks like a baby, much to her (and the Green Piece Policeman's) offense.

Back in the basement, Sizzle takes long to get on the outfit chosen for her, but when she shows it, she refuses to wear it to the party.

Again, at the party, the other kids question the problem. Jody answers that Julie doesn't like it, but the latter explains that grownups don't wear bunnies...she certainly wouldn't. Skye tells Julie she is not wearing it, Jody is, and Ben says the problem is solved. Julie is not convinced and stops the Blue Piece Policeman from playing the piano, and he closes the lid. Julie announces her refusal to stay at the party just because of what Jody is wearing. Jody says that is not very grownup, that she likes it, it's her choice, and that if Julie doesn't like it, and she wants to leave, that's *her* choice. Offended, Julie decides on that. Skye tries to see if she really feels that way. She does. Ben accepts, but Kiki points out she is going to miss one fun party. In an attempt to leave, Julie's veil is caught inside the piano and trips, so she has it opened up. The Blue Piece Policeman then plays his piano.

Back in the kitchen, Julie complains not only about Jody liking that sweater, but everyone else thinking it's okay. She asks real-life kids if they agree that Jody looks like a baby. Six kids express disagreement with that, and with Julie for her bossiness and judgement. Julie is still not convinced. Meanwhile, Leon (who had not been seen at the party earlier) heads into bring back more snacks. He is then stunned when he sees what Julie is wearing. When she asks for a comment, he tells her to take off that silly outfit and get dressed, and he says so with a laugh. Julie is shocked at the negative review. Leon says it's perfect for a science fiction party, declaring she could be the empress from the planet of extremely wide shoulders, but not to worry, as if she gets dressed, he'll save her the next dance. Initially offended, Julie decides he's not wearing it, she is, and flatters herself, saying it's her choice and not his.

At the party again, the rest of the kids are doing the Hokey Pokey, but Ben questions Leon's certainty about it. Leon and his family had gone to a wedding, and all the adults had been doing it. Julie tries to call for their attention, but it takes tripping on her own veil to get Leon's attention, and then the rest of theirs. Julie demands the others all give positive reception on her outfit to Leon, just because it's very beautiful and very grown-up. They hesitiate, and she gets impatient. Kiki says the veil is very pretty and soft, much to her relief, but says however, that it's way too long. She is not happy about this. Skye says the tiara is nice even if it's way too big. Then Ben says the shoulder features make her look smart and grownup, although they also make her look like a football player, much to Leon's amusement. All the negative reviews offend her, much to Kiki's dismay about Ben's review. Jody gives Julie support for her choice, but then, when Julie says she'd never tell anyone else what to wear, she eventually starts to feel remorse. Julie admits, upon Jody pointing out, that now she knows how it feels to have one's choice criticized. Julie initially denies that she was really that rude to Jody, but then decides otherwise. Jody tells her she doesn't have to like it, but that she should respect it without giving her a hard time about it. Julie says she was so sure she was right, but that it was only right for her. She admits that Jody had her own reasons for liking certain things, and then adds that Jody is not the baby, Julie herself is. She apologizes, and Jody accepts the apology. Julie finds out that shoulder features make hugging hard to do. After they return to the party, they find that Skye is now wearing one of Leon's spinning bowties. Accompanied by the Blue Piece Policeman, the children sing "It's You."

Back in the kitchen, Sizzle is now wearing a baby blue dress and white gloves (like in the intro), and Nuzzle is wearing what he had chosen for her simply due to liking it himself. They have some ruined food, and then when they hear the Hokey Pokey, they sing and dance to it.