02x04 - Whodunit

Episode transcripts for the TV show "The Backyardigans". Aired: October 11, 2004 - December 16, 2012.*
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Show centers around a group of five animal neighbors: Uniqua, Pablo, Tyrone, Tasha, and Austin as they journey to imaginary places in their backyard.
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02x04 - Whodunit

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Hi, I'm pablo.

My name's tyrone.

I'm uniqua.

I'm tasha.

And my name's austin.

All:
and we're...

* Your backyard friends,
the backyardigans *

* Together with
the backyardigans *

Pablo:
* in the place
where we belong *

Uniqua:
* where we'll probably
sing a song *

Tasha:
* and we'll maybe dance along

All:
* we've got the whole wide world
in our yard to explore *

* We always find things
we've never seen before *

* That's why every day
we're back for more *

* With your friends,

* The backyardigans

All:
"whodunit"

(Birds chirp)

A-ha! Slide.

A-ha! Grass.

A-ha! You.

It's me, pablo!

I am the world's
greatest detective.

My job is to solve
mysteries.

The more mysterious
the better.

If you've lost your ball,

I can find it.

If someone has eaten
your cupcake,

I can figure out who.

There's no mystery
that I can't solve.

That's why I'm the world's
greatest detective!

* When something
strange happens *

* And no one knows why

* You need a great detective

* And I'm that guy

* When someone did a crime

* But you don't know who

* You call a great detective

* To find the who for you *

* Who solves the mystery?

* Who finds out?

* Me, the great detective!

* And when I do I shout
"a-ha!" *

* When I find a clue

* A-ha!
It's just what I do *

* A-ha!
That's the word I yell *

* Yes, I'm the great detective *

* And here's how you can tell

* A-ha!

* Got a mystery
on your hand? *

* On your feet
or on your head? *

* Well don't just stand there

* Call me instead

* With my great detective hat

* And my great detective mind

* And my magnifying glass

* There's no answer
I can't find *

* The why,
the what... *

* The when, where, who

* I'll answer every riddle

* I'll follow every clue

* A-ha!
That's the word I'll say *

* A-ha!
When I've saved the day *

* A-ha!
In a british voice *

* You need a great detective?

* I'm your number one choice

* A-ha!

* A-ha!

* A-ha! A-ha!

A-ha!
A mysterious letter.

To the world's
greatest detective.

That's me!

Please come at once
to mystery manor.

Mysterious things
are happening here.

Hurry!

Signed: lady tasha,

Mistress of mystery manor.

A mysterious mystery
at mystery manor!

I wonder where
mystery manor is?

A-ha!
It says so right here.

P.s.
To get to mystery manor

Just follow the path
across the moor.

To mystery manor,

On the misty moors,

In the most mysterious
part of scotland!

A-ha! The mysterious
misty moors of scotland.

And this must be the path
to mystery manor.

It's kind of echo-y here.

Do you hear something funny?

Maybe some extra footsteps?

(Clomping of extra set
of footsteps)

There they are again!

(Extra footsteps continue)

(Clomps foot rythmically)

(Extra footsteps clomp out
same rhythm)

Hmm. I think someone
may be following me.

That's mysterious,

Very mysterious.

Hmm...
Which way should I go?

Excuse me!
Excuse me!

Hey there!
Wait up!

Hey! (Panting)

Do you know the way
to mystery manor?

Hey, thank- whoa!

Where'd he go?

Mysterious...
Very mysterious.

But I better get going.

Lady tasha
is waiting for me.

(Doorbell rings)

(Door creaks open)

Whoa!

Good evening, sir.

Good evening.

I am the world's
greatest detective.

I'm here to see
lady tasha.

I am tyrone,
the butler.

Lady tasha
is expecting you.

Please come in.

Lady tasha
is in the library.

This way,
if you please.

So, butler tyrone,

What do you do
around here?

Well, sir,
I wait upon lady tasha.

I open the door
for lady tasha's guests.

I serve lady tasha tea.

Oof!

In short, you do whatever
lady tasha wants?

Of course, sir.

Because I am
the butler.

This butler is mysterious,

Very mysterious.

(Door creaks open)

Tyrone:
the world's greatest
detective.

You got my letter!

I'm so glad
you've come.

I am lady tasha,
mistress of mystery manor.

Lady tasha.

And this is
my next door neighbour,

Mr. Austin frothingslosh.

Delighted to meet you
mr. Frothingslosh.

Oof!

Tea, my lady?

Thank you,
butler tyrone.

Tasha:
mysterious things
are happening here

At mystery manor,
detective pablo.

Yes, I've noticed some
mysterious things myself.

Have you noticed mysterious
echo-y footsteps

That sound like
they're following you?

Yes,
I've noticed that.

And have you noticed
mysterious muffled figures

Hanging around?

Yes, but that's not
all I've noticed.

Austin and tasha:
* mysterious,
very mysterious *

* Mysterious,
very mysterious *

* Eerie things
are happening *

* This could be
quite serious *

All:
* mysterious,
ever so mysterious *

* Strange footsteps

* Yes,
I've noticed them, too *

* Did they echo
in the gloom? *

* That's what
they often do *

* Did they sneak
along behind you *

* But nobody was there?

* Exactly, old chap!
Gave me quite a scare! *

All:
* mysterious,
very mysterious *

* Mysterious,
very mysterious *

* Mysterious,
very mysterious *

* Mysterious,
very mysterious *

* We've seen
a dark figure *

* A lurking shape

* Was the dark figure
in a muffler and a cape? *

* Why yes!

* A-ha! I've seen it
lurk as well *

* But why does it lurk?

* Alas, I couldn't tell

All:
* mysterious,
very mysterious *

* Mysterious,
very mysterious *

All:
* mysterious,
very mysterious *

* Mysterious,
very mysterious *

* I hope some
nasty culprit *

* Isn't listening in
and hearing us *

All:
* mysterious,
exceedingly mysterious *

Pablo:
* there's yet another detail
mysterious to me *

* More than
what we've said? *

* Whatever could it be?

* I've been detecting
and now I can report *

* Your butler, my lady,
is a very shifty sort! *

* His behavior
is suspicious *

* Duplicitous and more

* I wouldn't be surprised *

* If he were spying
at this door! *

Tyrone:
oof!

A-ha!

Austin:
great caesar's ghost!

Butler tyrone!

Tea, my lady?

Just as I thought!

Butler tyrone
was spying on us.

I find that mysterious,

Very mysterious!

(Door bell rings)

Pablo:
a-ha! The doorbell!

Who could it be?

I'm not expecting
anyone.

(Door creaks)

All:
(gasp)

Tyrone:
an unexpected visitor,
my lady!

I can see that.

Tea, my lady?

Yes, definitely.
Tea!

Hello. I am uniqua underhood
from london.

I know that you
did not expect me,

But I had to come!

But why?

Because I have
information

That a crime
will be committed

Here at mystery manor
this very evening!

No!

Yes! Someone
is going to try

And steal your jewels,
lady tasha.

All:
(gasp)

My jewels!

Great caesar's ghost!

Hmm...
Mysterious,

Very mysterious.

But how did you come
by this information?

Well...
(Door creaks open)

Tea, my lady.

(Tasha screams)
(glass shatters)

(Gasps)

My jewels!

My jewels are gone!

(Fainting sigh)

Austin:
great caesar's ghost!

The butler!

Butler tyrone
is missing!

He must have
taken the jewels.

After him!

There he goes!

I can't see him!

We've lost him!

Tyrone:
help! Help!

Do you hear that?

(Banging)

Tyrone:
hey! Get me out of here!

(Banging)

Tyrone:
oof!

A-ha!

Butler tyrone?

Great caesar's ghost!

Oh, for goodness sakes!

How did you get
in there?

I'm not quite sure,
my lady.

I was bringing
in the tea when...

Tasha:
(screams)

Tyrone:
the lights went out.

Then somebody knocked
the tray out of my hands...

(Glass shatters)

Tyrone:
and pushed me into the closet!

(Door slams)

Tyrone:
awww...

Austin:
great caesar's ghost!

Tasha:
how awful!

Poor butler tyrone.

Thank you, my lady.

So, when the lights
went out,

Someone pushed you
into the closet?

And I was in there
until you got me out.

That means he couldn't have
been the mysterious figure

We saw running
down the path.

Then someone else
must have taken my jewels!

Yes, someone else.

Austin:
yes. Well, I think I'd better be
getting home.

You're leaving?

Now?

But we're right
in the middle

Of a big mystery!

I know, b-b-but I've got
to feed my cat.

Your cat?

I didn't know
you had a cat.

That's because
i-i-i just got her.

And she gets really,
really hungry.

So I have to go now.

(Door creaks loudly)

But I'll come right back.

Oh, for goodness sakes!

Come, miss underhood.

Feed his cat?

I think he's making
that up.

He just wanted to leave.

I find that mysterious.

Very mysterious.

I will bring tea,
my lady.

Pablo:
you know, lady tasha,

That next door
neighbour of yours

Is a very mysterious fellow.

You mean,
mr. Austin frothingslosh?

Indeed.

He said he had
to feed his cat.

But what if he took
the jewels

And is running away
with them?

No!

Yes!
But that's not all!

Both:
not all?

That's right.

Because I noticed that you,

Miss uniqua underhood...

(Shocked gasp)

You never told us
how you knew

That someone was going to take
lady tasha's jewels.

Yeah!
What's that about?

Oh. Well...

Tyrone:
(gasps)

Aahhhhh!

Uniqua:
the mysterious figure!

Aahhhhh!

Pablo:
after him!

I can't see him.
We've lost him!

No we haven't.
Listen!

(Crunching of footsteps)

Footsteps!

We can follow them.
Come on!

* Those footsteps

* I hear them

* They're close now

* We're near them

* Who made them?

* I'm willin' to bet
it's that villain *

* We'll chase him,
we'll trail him *

* Pursue him
and tail him *

* He's probably
a jewel thief *

* So probably
they'll jail him *

Both:
* that fleeting phantom
figure in the garden *

* That villain creeping
secretly along *

* He's making phantom footsteps
in the garden *

* We'll catch him
by the time *

* We end this song *

(Bushes rustling)

Let's split up.
You go that way.

I'll go this way.

And we'll trap him!

* This garden is foggy *

* And gloomy and soggy

* The perfect location

* For a villain
to escape in *

* He thinks he'll evade me

* He thinks he's outplayed me

* He's sneaky and stealthy *

* But not mentally healthy *

* My instinct is brilliant

* I'm quick and resilient

* The culprit will find

* He's no match
for my super-brainy *

* Great detective,
mystery-solving mind! *

(Rustling)

* That fleeting phantom
figure in the garden *

* He thinks
he can escape me *

* But I'm fast

* Oh, bad guy making footsteps
in the garden *

* The great detective
collars you at last! *

A-ha!

Ugh!

Austin:
yikes!

A-ha! I've got you,
frothingslosh!

Now give me
lady tasha's jewels!

But I didn't
take her jewels!

Then what are you
doing here?

Well, I said
I'd come right back

After I fed my cat.

I was going to come
into the library

But butler tyrone
started yelling

So I decided
to go back home.

Pablo:
after him!

Austin:
but then you started
chasing me!

Hmm...

Are you sure you didn't
take the jewels?

Totally.

Then who did?

(Crunching of footsteps)

(Leaves rustling)

(Gasps)
two mysterious figures!

Well, three,
if you count me.

They're going into
mystery manor.

After them,
frothingslosh!

Pablo:
look!

Come and be quiet!

(Door slams shut)

(Door creaks open)

There he is!

Quietly, frothingslosh.

A-ha!

(Gasps)
ms. Uniqua underhood?!

Now give me
lady tasha's jewels!

I bet they're
in her purse!

I didn't take
lady tasha's jewels!

Because I am...

Policewoman
uniqua underhood!

Both:
(gasp)

Policewoman
uniqua underhood?

Great caesar's ghost!

I got a mysterious
letter telling me

That someone
was going to take

Lady tasha's jewels.

I got a letter too.

Very mysterious.

I came at once

But someone took
the jewels anyway!

But how did you
get here?

Well, when we split up
in the garden...

I saw the mysterious figure
hiding in the bushes.

(Quiet footsteps)

Uniqua:
I followed it
into the house

But when I got here
to the hall,

It was gone!

And then,
I saw this!

A-ha!

Bring the light closer,
frothingslosh!

Footprints!

That means the mysterious figure
is in the house.

We must follow
the footprints

And hurry!

Tasha:
(snoring)

All:
(gasp)

Uniqua:
the footprints lead
right into the wall!

Austin:
great caesar's ghost!

Mysterious,
very mysterious.

But this is impossible!

He can't have walked
into the wall.

Old houses can be
very mysterious.

Sometimes one
might have...

Hmmm...

Yes!

All:
(gasp)

A secret passage!

Great caesar's ghost!

Mr. Frothingslosh,
stay with lady tasha,

If you please!

Tasha:
(snoring)

Oh, man.

Pablo:
come, policewoman underhood!

We're going to find out
whodunit!

Both:
* whodunit?
We're gonna find out *

* Gonna find out
what the mystery's about *

* Whodunit?
We'll finally see *

* Finally see
who the scoundrel could be *

* Who stole the jewels
then snuck away? *

* The answer's at the end
of this passageway *

* This passageway,
leading who knows where *

* One thing
that I'm sure of *

* The villain's in there

Uniqua:
it's him...
And the jewels!

A-ha!

(Surprised gasp)

After him,
policewoman underhood!

**

Both:
* whodunit?

* Who's that evil bloke?

* That evil bloke

* In a muffler
and a cloak? *

* Whodunit?
Who's the cad? *

* That thieving cad
who's mysteriously bad *

* The nasty muffled
bandit *

* Whose footsteps
loudly tap *

* He's in the secret
hallway *

* We've almost
got him trapped *

* The nasty bandit

* The one who likes
to lurk *

* Who took up stealing
instead of honest work *

* First the footsteps

* Then the figure
in the night *

* Then the lights
went out *

* And the jewelry
got swiped *

* And the chase
through the garden *

* And a door
in the wall *

* Now we're apprehending

* The one who done it all!

Both:
* whodunit?
We're gonna reveal *

* Gonna reveal
who likes to steal *

* Whodunit?
We'll wonder no more *

* 'Cause the evil one
who done it *

* Is right behind
this door! *

Where are we?

We're inside
the hall closet!

And there he is!

A-ha!

Huh?

Hey, no!
Ahh! Ahh!

Oof!

Pablo:
I've got you!

Both:
(gasp)

(Gasps)

(Gasps)

Pablo:
butler tyrone!

Butler tyrone?

Austin:
great caesar's ghost!

Why did you take
lady tasha's jewels,

Butler tyrone?

But I didn't take them.

We saw you.

They're right there
in your pocket.

Well, yes I have them,

But I didn't take them.

Lady tasha gave them
to me.

What? Lady tasha
gave them to you?

How could that be?

Great caesar's ghost!

But why?

Well, it was a very
misty, gloomy day.

My dear friend
butler tyrone and I

Were sitting
around the manor

With nothing to do.

Butler tyrone had already
brought me tea

Two or three times

And we were kind of bored.

So we thought we'd invite
you guys over

For a nice mystery.

We wrote you letters
and you came

And then tyrone pretended
to take my jewels.

And we all got
to look for them,

All over the manor!

What a great idea!

Nothing like a mystery
on a misty gloomy day.

Great caesar's ghost!

Tyrone:
(stomach growls)

A-ha! Your stomach,
butler tyrone.

After all that
mysteriousness

I could use a snack.

Austin:
come to my house.

We have crackers
and cheese.

Crackers and cheese!

Deliciosa!

All:
mmm, yum!
Mm-hm!

Pablo:
a-ha!

(All giggle)

That was a mysterious
adventure,

Don't you think?

Yeah!

Totally!

It was great!

All:
* we've got the whole wide world
in our yard to explore *

* Now it's time for us
to have a snack *

* Meet you next time

* When we're back
with your friends *

* The backyardigans

Uniqua:
see you!

Tasha:
see you later!

Tyrone:
see you next time!

Pablo and austin:
later!

Pablo:
a-ha!
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