03x52 - Bouncing

Episode transcripts for the TV series, "The Hoobs". Aired: 15 January 2001 – 3 January 2003.*
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It stars five creatures called Hoobs (Hubba Hubba, Iver, Groove, Tula, and Roma) from the fictional Hoobland, and their interactions with Earth and the human race.
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03x52 - Bouncing

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(digital static)

- Hooble doop, Tiddlypeeps.

I'm Hubba Hubba, talking

to you from Hoobland,

and I'm about to send

four of my favorite Hoobs

down to Earth to find

out all about you

for my great Hoobapedia.

Here they come!

(digital static)

(playful rock music)

♪ You know who the Hoobs are ♪

♪ Iver ♪

♪ Groove ♪

♪ And Tula ♪

♪ We're Hoobs ♪

♪ And they're ready to go ♪

♪ Now the wheels are turning ♪

♪ We can all get learning ♪

♪ All the things

we want to know ♪

♪ Hubba Hubba's in Hoobland ♪

♪ And Roma's

somewhere far away ♪

♪ Oh, oh oh ♪

♪ The Motorettes are singing ♪

♪ We keep the engines spinning ♪

♪ Hoob hoob hooray ♪

♪ The Hoobmobile is

coming your way ♪

♪ The Hoobs are here,

so what do you say ♪

♪ Hoobs ♪

(Iver sighs)

- Um...

Tula?

- Mmhm?

- Have you seen the small Peep

planet I got from Hoobnet?

- What does it look like.

- Well, it's in a big square

yellow box with green spots on.

I wanted to put my Peep

planet in the Hooby Studio

seeing as we're on

the Peep planet.

- Ah!

That's a hoobly

groobly idea, Iver.

Sorry, haven't seen it.

- Oh.

Oh, there's a box!

- (gasps) There's

my hooby bits box!

- Oh.

- Oh!

Just what I was looking for.

Oh, I love my hooby bits box.

It's got all my best

and favorite things

for making things.

Oh!

Ooh!

Oh, sorry it wasn't your

Peep planet box, Iver.

- Oh.

- I know what I'm going to do.

I'm going to make some

jewelry to wear for Hoob News.

- Hoob News?

I nearly forgot.

We'd better hurry up and

think of a question, Tula,

after I've found that

yellow box with green spots.

- Hooble doop, Tula.

Hooble doop, Iver.

- [Iver And Tula]

Hooble doop, Groove.

- [All] And a

whoop, whoop, whoop!

- Groove, have you seen my

small Peep planet box anywhere?

It's yellow with green spots.

- Sorry, Iver.

I haven't, but that's probably

because I've been too busy

inventing one of the

most important things

since the Hooby Wheel.

- Oh, what is it?

- The Bouncing Hooby

Bouncer with extra bounce.

- Wow.

Can we see it in action?

- Of course you can.

But because of its extreme

bounciness, you'll have

to duck down when I bounce it.

- But Groove, I really

think we should be thinking

about a question for Hoob News.

- Oh, this won't

take a second, Iver.

And it's be an experience

you'll never forget.

Hooby drum roll, please.

- What? Oh.

- Of course.

- Exciting, isn't it?

(space computer noise)

Oh, and remember, once

it hits the floor,

it could go anywhere.

(both gasp)

So, prepare for bounce off.

Three.

Two.

One.

Oh, see it go!

(Groove nervously laughs)

Where is it?

- Oh, sort of where it landed.

- Oh!

- I always thought the

most important thing

about bouncy things

was that they bounced.

- Oh, it was supposed to.

I made it out of old Hooby

tires, and that's rubber.

And rubber's the

bounciest stuff there is.

But it didn't bounce.

Why?

(fast polka music)

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why, why, why, why ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why ♪

♪ Why, why, why, why ♪

♪ Why, why, why ♪

- Maybe it's just the

wrong shape for bouncing.

- Perhaps you're right.

But we need a question

for Hoob News.

- So what is the best

shape for bouncing?

- [Echoing Voice] Hubba,

hubba, hubba, hubba.

(digital static)

- What is the best

shape for bouncing?

That's a great question

to answer on Hoob News.

All the information can go

straight into my Hoobapedia

so that Hoobs everywhere can

find out what the best shape

for bouncing is.

- Well, we know one shape

that it isn't. (chuckles)

- Well, then, that's

one crossed off already.

I'll see what I can find

on Hoobnet to help you

on your way.

Let me see.

(digital static)

Mmhm, shapes.

Shapes for bouncing.

Ah, right then.

Here are a few shapes

to get you started.

(digital static)

Now that's a square with

four straight sides.

That's a triangle

shape with three sides.

And that's a diamond shape.

Oh, and that's a

Tiddlypeep shape.

(digital static)

- Now, I've made a chart with

all those shapes we just saw.

There's a square,

a triangle,

a diamond,

and a Tiddlypeep.

- Oh, how could I

have got it so wrong?

- It's easily done, Groove.

There are lots of

shapes to choose from.

- Now take a look at my

chart and tell me which one

you think it might be.

- Hmm, I think I'll go

for the flaty sided one.

- The square.

- Yeah, yeah, those big flat

sides could be very bouncy,

I think.

- Well, let's find out.

- How?

(lively music)

♪ How, how, how ♪

♪ How, how, how, how ♪

♪ How ♪

- Find one and try it!

(lively acoustic song)

♪ Hey, we're going

on a square a hunt ♪

♪ A square hunt ♪

♪ We're going on a square

hunt to find a bouncy square ♪

♪ We're going on a square hunt ♪

♪ A square hunt ♪

♪ We're going on a square

hunt to find a bouncy square ♪

- In here? Nope.

(continues singing

under his breath)

Hey, I found a square!

A great big yellow square

box with green spots.

Let's see if it bounces.

- No, no, oh, oh!

Stop, stop!

That is my Peep planet's box.

- All right.

Oh, yeah, look.

It's got a Peep

planet inside it.

- Oh, oh!

Just what I was looking for.

It would have broken if you'd

have tried to bounce the box.

- Groove, why didn't

you make a square

out of your Bouncing

Hooby Bouncer?

- Tula, you're a genius!

After all, Groove's Bouncing

Hooby Bouncer is made

of the right stuff for bouncing.

It's just a question of

finding the right shape.

- That's a hooby groovy idea.

Just need to get

the bouncy stuff.

Just gotta give it

a bit of a (grunts),

and a bit of a (grunts),

and a bit of a (grunts).

- Oh!

(Groove grunts)

Oh!

- There we are! (laughs)

- Oh!

- One square Bouncing Hooby

Bouncer with extra bounce.

Okay, prepare for bounce off.

- Oh, Tula, Tula, Tula.

- Are you ready?

- [Iver] Yes, yes, yes.

- Three.

- [Iver] Yes.

- Two.

- [Iver] Oh!

- One.

- [Iver] Get down, get down!

- See it go!

See it fly!

See it bounce!

It's still on the floor.

- Afraid so, Groove.

- So, not the square, then.

- [Echoing Voice] Hubba,

hubba, hubba, hubba.

(digital static)

- How ya doing, Hoobs?

Found the best shape

for bouncing yet?

- Well, we know it isn't

the square, Hubba Hubba.

- Well, that's a

good start, Iver.

And I found a story

with lots of bounce.

Take a look at this.

(digital static)

- [Narrator] There once

was triangle called Trevor.

He belonged to a little boy.

The boy loved

everything about Trevor.

He loved his pointy corners

and he loved his

lovely, straight edges.

But although Trevor loved the

little boy, he wasn't happy.

He was tired of sitting

around on a shelf being still.

He wanted to be bouncy!

One day, a magician

came to town.

"I want to be

pretty", said a woman.

And ZAP the magician

made her pretty.

"I want to be tall," said a man.

And ZAP the magician

made him tall.

"I want to have a cabbage on

my head," said an old lady.

And ZAP it was done.

Trevor saw the magician

passing by outside his window

and called out, "I

want to be bouncy"

and the magician zapped him.

"Wee!

"I'm going to bounce

now," cried Trevor.

As the boy walked in through

the door, he saw Trevor trying

to bounce.

But suddenly, one of his

pointy corners jabbed the cat.

(cat snarls)

Then another of his

pointy corners jabbed

the little boy's leg.

"Ow!"

Then his arm!

"Ow!"

"Trevor, you're too

jabby to be bouncy,"

said the little boy.

"Jabby things do not

make good bouncers."

Trevor agreed.

Triangles are good at many

things, but bouncing isn't one

of them.

So, Trevor stopped

trying to bounce.

"That's better," said the boy.

And Trevor smiled.

From then on, he was happy to

just be a very still triangle

who was loved by a little boy.

(digital static)

- Aw, I love a good

triangle story.

- Well it was very useful.

We now know that the

triangle is not a good shape

for bouncing.

- Wait, Iver.

Maybe the triangle in the

story just wasn't made

of the bouncy stuff.

- Yes, you're right!

I'm going to make a triangle

out of my Hooby Bouncer

which is made of bouncy stuff.

I'll just give a little

bit of a (grunts)

and a little bit of a (grunts)

and a little bit of a (grunts).

There we are, and look at that.

Are you ready?

- Oh, just a minute.

Oh, not yet.

Right.

- Ready?

- Yeah.

- Good.

Three.

Two.

One.

(grunts)

See it go!

See it bounce!

See it fly!

(nervous laughter)

(sighs) It's still on the floor.

- Sorry, Groove, but even

if you make a triangle out

of really bouncy rubber, it's

still too jabby to bounce.

- Oh, dear.

- Actually, that's exactly

why I don't use triangles

to make jewelry.

Far too jabby.

But this is the perfect

shape for jewelry.

A hooby blob.

And I've got lots of them.

- So, what other shapes

have we got, Iver?

- Hm?

Oh, oh, well, there is

the Tiddlypeep shape.

Do you think Tiddlypeeps

could be bouncy?

- Well, they might be.

But how can we find out?

- [Echoing Voice] Hubba,

hubba, hubba, hubba.

(digital static)

- Well, why don't you go and

see if you can bounce some?

- Good idea, Hubba Hubba.

- Oh, thank you, Iver.

Good luck.

- I'll go and see

the Tiddlypeeps.

I'd love to bounce a Tiddlypeep.

Come on!

- Oh, I'll drive you there.

- Well, I suppose I better

try to make a Tiddlypeep shape

out of you, just in case

we have to do another test.

(grunts)

- Seatbelt.

- Mmhm.

- [Both] We're off to

see the Tiddlypeeps!

(light, energetic music)

♪ Yeehaw ♪

♪ We're off to see

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ On the road we go ♪

♪ We're off to see

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ They're smart ♪

♪ They're fun ♪

♪ They know ♪

♪ The Tiddlypeeps,

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ Help us find things out ♪

♪ They give us clues ♪

♪ They tell us news ♪

♪ That's what

they're all about ♪

♪ Yeehoo ♪

♪ The Tiddlypeeps,

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ If we need to know ♪

♪ Who, what, where,

why, when, and how ♪

♪ We'll ask them ♪

♪ Off we go ♪

♪ Yeehoo ♪

♪ We're off to see

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ On the road we go ♪

♪ We're off to see

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ They're smart ♪

♪ They're fun ♪

♪ They know ♪

♪ And how ♪

- [All] Hooble doop, hooble

doop, whoop, whoop, whoop!

- I need to ask you a question.

Can you bounce?

- [All Children] Yes.

- [Boy] Of course we can.

- Well, I can't

wait to see this.

Come on!

(lively music)

Um, I'm sorry.

No, I'm sorry.

That's really hoobacious, but

I think that's called jumping.

- Mmhm.

- Okay, we'll try

something else.

What happens if you jump

and then land on the ground

on your bottoms?

(Groove gasps)

Can you give that a try for me?

Okay, off you go!

Not one bouncy Tiddlypeep.

Actually, maybe if you were

made out of really bouncy stuff,

then you'd be bouncy.

Yes.

Thank you for your help.

I must get back now.

Hooble toodle doo!

- [All Children]

Hooble toodle doo!

(Iver laughs)

- (grunts) So, what

do you think, Tula.

- Ah, hoobly groobly.

- Well, those Tiddlypeeps didn't

bounce, but I've a feeling

that if they were made of

the right stuff for bouncing,

then they might just

be the right shape.

Groove, can you turn your

Hooby Bouncer into the shape

of a Tiddly--

Peep.

You already have.

- Yeah, get ready

for some bouncing.

Here we go.

Three.

- [Iver] Yes.

- Two.

- [Iver] Huh.

- One. (grunts)

See it go!

See it bounce!

See it lie on the floor.

- No, even if you

make a Tiddlypeep

shape in bouncy stuff,

it's still not the right

shape for bouncing.

Hooby bother.

- And if Tiddlypeep shape

isn't the right shape,

then I don't suppose Hoob shape

is the right shape either.

- (sighs) Well, I'd love to be

the right shape for bouncing.

Imagine if we were

made of bouncy stuff.

(light, energetic music)

♪ Boing, boing, boing ♪

♪ Imagine being a bouncy Hoob ♪

♪ Boing ♪

♪ But bouncing's not

what a Hoob is for ♪

♪ Boing, boing ♪

♪ Though I'd love to

have the feeling ♪

♪ Of bouncing off the ceiling ♪

♪ Then bouncing off the floor ♪

♪ Boing, boing, boing ♪

♪ I'd bounce to the top

of the Hoobnip tree ♪

♪ Then back down onto the roof ♪

♪ But there's no escape if

you're not the bouncing shape ♪

♪ That's the truth ♪

♪ Oh, a Hoob wasn't

made for bouncing ♪

♪ We know that well enough ♪

♪ There's no point

feeling blue ♪

♪ It's a thing we'll never do ♪

♪ Hooby fur is just

not bouncy stuff ♪

♪ Oh, a Hoob wasn't

made for bouncing ♪

♪ We know that well enough ♪

♪ There's no point

feeling blue ♪

♪ It's a thing we'll never do ♪

♪ Hooby fur is just

not bouncy stuff ♪

- (gasps) We're

running out of shapes!

- And we're running out of time.

- [Echoing Voice]

Roma, Roma, Roma, Roma

- Hey, there's a report

from Roma coming in.

- She'll know all

about bouncing.

I bet she will!

(digital static)

♪ Twinkle, twinkle

little diamonds ♪

Oh, sorry.

Hooble doop, Hoobs.

- [All] Hooble doop, Roma!

- I'm standing inside

a jewelry shop.

(Tula gasps)

Now, I can tell you that

all around me are diamonds.

Diamonds everywhere.

And of course there are

diamonds all over me, too.

That's because I borrowed

a few to show you.

Diamondy necklace.

Bracelet.

Earrings.

Even a crown.

It seems you can make

almost any kind of jewelry

out of diamonds.

And the reason they

look so good is

that they are the most

perfect shape for sparkling.

- Hey!

(Tula gasps)

- Oh.

- You see, a diamond

has more sides

than a dodecahoobiehedron.

And all of those sides

reflect the light,

which is why they twinkle

and sparkle

and glitter.

Oh!

Which is why the Peeps love

them so much, and so do I.

- But Roma, do they bounce?

- Oh, I'll just try one out.

(alarm rings)

Oh, no!

Uh, sorry, Hoobs.

I think the shop would like me

to take these diamonds back.

I wouldn't want them to think

that I was going to run off

with them.

(laughs)

Although, maybe they'd

let me keep just one.

Must be off now.

Oh, hooble toodle doo!

(digital static)

- [All] Hooble toodle doo!

- Well, that was all very

interesting, but we still need

to find out if a diamond is

a good shape for bouncing.

- But how?

(polka music)

♪ How, how, how ♪

♪ How, how, how, how ♪

♪ How ♪

- Never fear, Groove and

his Bouncing Hooby Bouncer

are here. (laughs)

(Iver laughs)

A perfect bouncy diamond.

Ready for bounce off.

- Oh!

- Oh, wait, Tula, come

and stand near me.

- Three.

- [Iver] Yes.

- Two.

- [Iver] Yes.

- One.

- [Iver] Uh, huh.

- Bounce!

- [Iver And Tula] Oh!

- See if fly!

See it go!

See it lie on the floor again.

- Not the right shape for

bouncing, then. (sighs)

- But a good shape for jewelry.

Not as good as my

hooby blobs, though.

- We've run out of

shapes on the chart.

We still haven't

answered the question.

- Oh, I can't believe the right

shape isn't just staring us

in the face.

- [Echoing Voice] Hubba,

hubba, hubba, hubba.

(digital static)

- Hooble doop, Hoobs!

So, how are we doing?

- Oh, fine!

Really well.

- Oh, so you found out the

right shape for bouncing.

- Well, not exactly, no.

We know a lot of shapes

that are the wrong shape

for bouncing.

- Ah, well, it's always

good to find what's not

the right thing.

It means that you're getting

very close to the thing

that is the right thing.

- Yes, but have you got

any ideas, Hubba Hubba?

- Well, I know those

Tiddlypeeps weren't bouncy,

but they were talky.

So, why don't you pay

them one more visit?

That might just solve

your bouncy problem.

- Okay, Hubba Hubba.

One more trip to the

Tiddlypeeps coming up!

(light, energetic music)

♪ We're off to see

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ On the road we go ♪

♪ We're off to see

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ They're smart ♪

♪ They're fun ♪

♪ They know ♪

♪ The Tiddlypeeps,

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ If we need to know ♪

♪ Who, what, where,

why, when, and how ♪

♪ We'll ask them ♪

♪ Off we go ♪

♪ Yeehoo ♪

♪ We're off to see

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ On the road we go ♪

♪ We're off to see

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ They're smart ♪

♪ They're fun ♪

♪ They know ♪

- Hooble doop, Tiddlypeeps!

- [Children] Hooble doop, Iver!

- Those are the bounciest

things I've ever seen.

Do they bounce on their own

or do they have to have you

on the top of them?

- They can bounce all

by themselves, Iver.

- And is it because they're

the right shape for bouncing?

- Yes, and they're

made of bouncy stuff.

- Are you getting this, Groove?

They are made out

of bouncy stuff

and they are the right

shape for bouncing.

- And, Iver, I know another

thing that's the right shape

for bouncing.

Charlotte!

- Oh, of course.

This will bounce without

a Tiddlypeep on it.

(Tula gasps)

(Iver laughs)

Can you see this, Groove?

- [Groove] Hooby groovy.

- Who'd have thought that

round is the best shape

for bouncing?

Oh!

Thank you so much, Tiddlypeeps.

Hooble toodle doo!

- [All Children]

Hooble toodle doo!

- La la!

- La la!

Who would've thought the

best shape for bouncing

would be round?

- Yeah!

Get ready for me to test

my round Hooby Bouncer

with extra bounce.

- There's no time

for that now, Groove.

It's time for Hoob News.

Bring it into the Hooby Studio.

(waltz music)

♪ Timp and Tootle

sat on a wall ♪

♪ They wanted to bounce

like a big rubber ball ♪

♪ Would they be bouncy

or would they just fall ♪

♪ What happens when

Motorettes fall off a wall ♪

♪ Timp and Tootle

sat on a wall ♪

♪ Timp and Tootle,

they had a great fall ♪

♪ Motorettes should

not fall off a wall ♪

♪ Because we are not

bouncy, not bouncy at all ♪

♪ We are not bouncy,

not bouncy at all ♪

- So, are you ready

with your news, Hoobs?

Ready to give me what

you've got on the best shape

for bouncing for the Hoobapedia?

- We're ready.

Hooble doop whoop to

all you Hoobs out there.

Welcome to Hoob News, the news

show for Hoobs everywhere.

I'm Iver.

- I'm Tula.

- And I'm Groove.

- And today, we've been

asking the question--

- What is the best

shape for bouncing?

- [Tula] First, Groove made

his own Hooby Bouncer out

of old hooby tires.

But it just didn't bounce.

So, we thought it must be

the wrong shape for bouncing.

So, next, we tried a square,

but the sides were too flat.

- [Groove] Then we had a story

about a triangle who wanted

to be bouncy, but found

out that he was too jabby.

- [Tula] Then we found out that

Tiddlypeeps weren't bouncy,

even if they were made

out of bouncy rubber.

Roma showed us some diamonds.

- [Iver] And we tested a

diamond shape with Groove's

Hooby Bouncer.

- [Groove] But it

wasn't bouncy at all.

We were about to give up.

- [Iver] But the

Tiddlypeeps showed me

the real big bouncy things

and the other little

bouncy things and now we

know that the best shape

for bouncing is--

- [All] Round!

- And it's thanks, once

again, to Iver, Tula, Groove,

and Roma for giving Hoobs

everywhere a little peep

into the world of Peeps.

So, remember, have a lovely

day and hooble toodle doo!

- [All] Hooble toodle doo!

- Prepare for bounce off.

Three.

Two.

One.

(Iver and Tula gasp)

Ah! (laughs)

(light rock music)

♪ Hubba Hubba's in Hoobland ♪

♪ And Roma's

somewhere far away ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ The Motorettes are singing ♪

♪ We keep the engines spinning ♪

♪ Hoob hoob hooray ♪

♪ The Hoobmobile is

coming your way ♪

♪ The Hoobs are here,

so what do you say ♪

♪ Hoobs ♪
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