03x18 - Names

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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03x18 - Names

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(electronic whooshing)

- Hoobledoop, 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 Hoobopaedia.

Here they come!

(mystical music)

(upbeat music)

♪ You know who the Hoobs are ♪

♪ Iver, Groove and Tula ♪

♪ We're Hoobs and

they're ready to go ♪

- Wahey!

♪ Now the wheels are turning,

we can all get learning ♪

♪ All the things

we want to know ♪

- Ya hey!

♪ Hubba Hubba's in Hoobland ♪

♪ And Roma's

somewhere far away ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ The Motorettes are singing ♪

♪ We keep the engine spinning ♪

♪ Hoob Hoob hooray ♪

♪ The Hoobmobile is

coming your way ♪

- Oh, here we come.

- Wahey!

- Ah!

♪ The Hoobs are here

so what do you say ♪

♪ Hoobs ♪

(gentle music)

(computer beeping)

(Groove grunting)

- (laughs) Cheese

sandwich, Tula?

- When I've finished

this email, Groove.

- "I am having a lovely time."

- Has anyone thought of a

question for Hoob News yet?

- No, I've been busy whacking

at my cheese sandwiches.

- And I'm busy sending an

email to my cousin, Bleep.

- Oh, I remember Bleep.

Isn't he the one with the

pick and gold Twizzletuft?

- That's right, Iver.

- (chuckles) It's Hoobacious.

- (laughs) "Give my

love to Ziggle, Wiggle."

Who else?

- Oh, don't forget

Plonk and Blue.

- Oh!

"Plonk and Blue.

"Lots of love, Tula."

Send.

(electronic whooshing)

Tula.

Tula.

- Are you all right, Tula?

- Doesn't your name sound

funny when you say it out loud?

Tula! (laughs)

- Groove!

Groove!

Groove, Groove, Groove! (laughs)

My name sounds Hoobygroovy

when I say it out loud.

- Hmm, I wonder

how it would feel

to be called something else?

Like, Ziggle, Wiggle,

Plonk or Blue?

- Or Bleep?

I do like that name.

Oh, still, we need a

question for Hoob News.

- Peeps have Hoobelly

groobelly names.

Hey, maybe I should

try having a Peep name?

- That's a Hoobygroovy idea.

Hey, Iver, what Peep

name should Tula have?

- [Hubba Hubba] Hubba Hubba.

- Oh, it's Hubba Hubba.

- What Peep name

should Tula have?

What a fantabby Hooby

question for Hoob News.

- Yes!

Do you think Roma would

be able to find out

about Peep names, Hubba Hubba?

- I'm sure she would, Tula.

But before I email her, let me

take a quick look on Hoobnet.

"Peeps and there names," aha!

Here are a few to choose from.

(electronic whooshing)

- Now this Tiddlypeeps

called David Hughes.

That's Camilla, ha!

Nanoka.

You see?

There's Maria.

That's Lee with his sisters.

There's Alan, aw.

That's Nigel, there.

She's Amy.

That's Joanne.

And Laurence.

Jade, aw.

And this Kukula

There's Duncan.

That Chen and her family.

And last but not

least, that's Keith.

Ha, that's the

Tiddlypeeps, not the fish.

- Ah, Keith!

Yes, yes!

You can't get more

Hoobygroovy than Keith, ha!

- Well, you can

be Keith, Groove,

because I've decided

on another name.

- [Both] What?

♪ What, what, what ♪

♪ What ♪

- Duncan, that's what.

- Hubba Hubba.

Duncan!

Oh, I do like the sound of that.

- Thanks, Hubba Hubba.

- Well, we've answered the

question already then, Tula.

- Duncan.

- Yes, that's the answer, Tula.

- Duncan.

(Groove laughs)

From now on my name is Duncan.

- Oh right, okay, yeah.

I mean, Duncan. (laughs)

- And I'm Kieth, ha!

- Oh, Kieth really

suits you, Groove.

- Oh, I mean Keith.

- (laughing) Thanks,

Tula. (laughs)

I mean, Duncan.

(all laughing)

- Um, I hate to

say this, Duncan,

but I'm not sure that Duncan

really suits you, Tula.

I mean, Duncan.

- Why?

♪ Why, why, why ♪

♪ Why ♪

- I don't know why.

I've just got a feeling

in my Twizzletuft

that you're not a Duncan, Tula.

- Hubba Hubba!

- Duncan!

- Aha, now when Iver gets a

feeling in his Twizzletuft

he's usually right, isn't he?

- Oh, I suppose so.

But I really like the name.

- Well, you could always

go and ask the Tiddlypeeps.

They're bound to be able to

if Duncan suits you, Tula.

I mean, Duncan.

(all laughing)

- Right.

Come on then, Duncan.

I'll drive, let's get those

Motorettes singing. (laughs)

- (laughs) Yeah, good

luck, Duncan. (laughs)

I don't think you'll find

a better name than

Keith, personally.

Yeah.

I've got the best one, I've

got the best one. (laughs)

- [Tula] Seatbelt?

- Seatbelt!

- [Both] We're off to

see the Tiddlypeeps!

(upbeat 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 ♪

♪ 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 ♪

(Tula popping)

(shed clattering)

- [Tula] (gasps)

Hoobledoop, Tiddlypeeps!

- [Children] Hoobledoop, Tula.

- Want to do a Hooby hello?

- [Children] Yes!

- [All] Hoobledoop, Hoobledoop.

Whoop, whoop, whoop!

- Oh, I hope you can

help me, Tiddlypeeps.

I've just changed my name,

but Iver doesn't

think it suits me.

- What is your new name, Tula?

- Duncan.

(children laughing)

- Oh dear.

- Oh.

Iver's right, it

doesn't suit me does it.

- Well only because

Duncan's a boys a name.

- (gasps) A boys name?

Do you mean boys an girls

have different names?

- Yes.

- Did you hear that Hoobs?

- Yeah.

- Boy Peeps and girl Peeps

have different kinds of names.

- [Iver] I knew it!

- But what about Groove?

He's changed his name to Keith.

Is that a boys name

or a girls name?

- Well, Keith is a boys name.

- So Groove's new

name is all right?

- Yes, and if you

choose a girls name

it'll suit you better too.

- Hmm.

What do you think a good

girls name would be?

- What about Caroline

or Laura or Susanna?

- Or Lesley, Anna, Denise, Jade.

- Joanna, Tina, Dianne, Eloise.

(Hoobs laughing)

- Hoobygalooby!

There are Hoob loads to

choose from aren't there?

Thank you Tiddypeeps.

I better get back

to Iver and Keith

and decide on my new name.

Hoobletoodledoo!

- [Children] Hoobletoodledoo!

(upbeat music)

- Ah, that feeling

in my Twizzletuft

was right, wasn't it?

- Yes, Iver.

I can't be called Duncan.

It's a boys name.

But the Tiddlypeeps gave me

so many Peeps girls

names to choose from.

- Well, choose away, Tula.

Choose and then

we can Hoob News.

Oh, (giggles) I'm

a poet. (laughs)

(gentle upbeat music)

♪ In Hoobland we have names

like Ziggle and Blue ♪

♪ And Wiggle and

Plonk and Bleep ♪

♪ But now I'm not in Hoobland

the thing I'd like to do ♪

♪ Is have name just

like a Tiddlypeep ♪

♪ There are times

when you don't like ♪

♪ The sound of who you are ♪

♪ There are times when

your name feels peculiar ♪

♪ And I'm no longer

happy with Tula ♪

♪ I want a name just

like a Tiddlypeep ♪

♪ I'll Joanna or Susanna

or Anna or Dianna ♪

♪ Or Dora, Laura,

Flora, Jane or Lee ♪

♪ Salina, Angelina,

Tina or Edwina ♪

♪ But Keith is the name for me ♪

♪ Denise or Eloise, you

can be whoever you please ♪

♪ How about Cassandra ♪

♪ That's divine ♪

♪ Keith's the name for me ♪

♪ Oh, I know who I will be ♪

♪ Who ♪

♪ I've got it ♪

♪ Who ♪

♪ I'll be Caroline ♪

♪ Caroline, it's

a name so fine ♪

♪ A Hoobacious

Caroline she'll be ♪

♪ Yes, Caroline,

it's simply sublime ♪

♪ It's fine, but Keith

is still the name for ♪

♪ As Caroline she's

going to shine ♪

♪ Such a Hooby little

Caroline she'll be ♪

♪ I've tried out all the

rest and Caroline is best ♪

♪ Yes, Caroline just

suits her to a tee ♪

- I'm still very happy

with Keith, myself.

- Right, Tula.

Oh, I mean, Caroline.

(Tula laughs)

Time to test out your new name.

- (gasps) Yes, please.

I'll go and stand next door

and go through Hooby bits box,

and you call my name and

I'll see how it feels.

- Okay!

- Okay.

- Okay, yes.

Yes.

- What is it again?

- Caroline, Groove.

- Kieth.

- Sorry, Keith.

(gentle upbeat music)

(Tula humming)

- Call me now! (humming)

Call me by new name! (humming)

- Caroline, would you like me to

whack you up a cheese sandwich?

(Tula humming)

Oh, Caroline!

It will the flattest,

Hoobygrooviest sandwich ever!

- Caroline?

Do you think she's all right?

- I'd don't know.

Caroline? (groans)

- Oh dear.

Caroline?

- (sighs) No good.

I could hear you calling

but it just didn't seem

like you were calling me.

I feel more like a Tula

than I do a Caroline.

I'm sorry.

- Oh, that's okay, Tula.

I'll whack you up a sandwich

whilst we find a another name.

- Thanks, Groove.

- Keith.

- Hubba Hubba.

Hoobledoop, Hoobs.

- [Hoobs] Hoobledoop,

Hubba Hubba.

- That's Auntie Hattie,

if you don't mind.

- [Hoobs] What?

- Auntie Hattie

and I, have decided

to swap names for the day.

- So Auntie Hattie is

called Hubba Hubba?

- And you're called

Auntie Hattie?

- Absohoobylutely.

- Oh!

(Hoobs laughing)

- Now, since you're still

looking for a new name for Tula,

I think I have a story

here that might help you.

Take a look.

(electronic whooshing)

- [Narrator] The

Doodlees lived far away

on the planet Doodle.

They spent their lives doodling.

Some drew, some scribbled

and some colored in.

They were very happy.

The problem was all the

Doodlees had the same name,

they were all called Doodlee.

(upbeat music)

One day a strange spaceship

landed on the planet Doodle.

(Doodlees gasping)

An astronaut had

come to explore.

"What's your name?"

he asked one of the Doodlees.

And they all replied, "Doodlee!"

(mysterious music)

Then he had an idea, "Why

don't you change your names?

"So that you each

have a different one."

- [Doodlees] But we like

being called Doodlee!

(gentle music)

- [Narrator] "In that

case," said the astronaut,

"you should all

have a second name."

- [Doodlees] Yes!

But what can our second name be?

- [Narrator] The Astronaut

looked at the Doodlee

standing next to him.

"What's your job?"

- I draw lines!

(majestic music)

- [Narrator] "Then you'll be

called Doodlee Line Drawer.

The Doodlees liked this.

- Oh, yes.

(Iver laughs)

- [Narrator] The astronaut

went all over the planet,

asking each Doodlee

what their job was.

He named Doodlee Scribbler,

Doodlee Circle Maker

and Doodlee Dotter.

Soon, every Doodlee

had a second name,

and from that day on

there was no confusion.

You could tell the

name of the Doodlee

by what they job

they were doing.

And they doodled

happily ever-after.

(gentle music)

(electronic whooshing)

- Hoobygalooby!

That means I can keep Tula,

and add a second name onto it.

- But Hoobs have a second

name already, it's Hoob.

- That's true.

I'm Iver Hoob, you're Tula

Hoob and this is Groove Hoob.

(Groove clearing throat)

- Oh, Keith Hoob.

- Keith Hoob.

- Thank you.

- But I could change

my second name.

I could be like the Doodlees,

their second names

described what they did.

- Oh, I love this idea!

Maybe I'll have a second name.

- What's Iver do?

- Well, I'm not sure exactly.

Well, he's always busy.

Oh, I know, Iver Busybody.

- Oh, that's Hoobacious!

Iver Busybody, at your service.

(all laughing)

- Ooh, hey, hey, hey!

I've got a Hoobygroovy one.

- Ooh!

- Keith Sandwich

Whacker! (laughs)

- Oh, oh, what about me?

I still don't have

a second name.

- Oh, what about

Tula Flower Waterer.

Well, you're always

watering flowers.

- Yeah, yeah.

Or you do Hoob loads of painting

so you could be

Tula Painty Paws.

Or Tula Model Maker.

- Oh, yes!

- Painty Paws, Model Maker!

Oh, oh I do so many things.

I'll never be able

to choose just one.

- Roma

- Okay.

- Well perhaps Roma will help.

- Hoobledoop, Hoobs.

- [Hoobs] Hoobledoop, Roma.

- I've heard that you're finding

out all about names today.

Well, here I am in a

Tiddlypeep classroom,

and I've discovered

something very interesting.

Sometimes Peeps put a name in

front of their first names.

- So they have their first

name, their second name

and a name that goes in

front of both of those?

- Yes, Iver.

- Oh.

- Peep men can put Mr.

in front of their names,

and Peep ladies can put

the word Miss or Mrs.

in front of theirs.

- What for, Roma?

- Well, Tula, misters,

missuses, and misses

are used when you're talking

to someone important."

Or someone you don't

know very well.

Tiddlypeeps often

use these names

when they're talking to grownup

Peeps, especially teachers.

Like me.

- Are you a teacher today, Roma?

- I am certainly am.

So today the Tiddlypeeps

will be calling me Miss Hoob.

(Groove laughs)

(Tula chuckles)

Shall I see if it works?

- Oh, yes, yes.

- Yes, please.

- [Roma] Good

morning, Tiddlypeeps!

- [Children] Good

morning, Miss Hoob!

- How Hoobacious was that?

This is Miss Roma Hoob,

reporting from a

Tiddlypeep classroom.

Oh no, let's hear it again.

Good morning, Tiddlypeeps!

- [Children] Good

morning, Miss Hoob.

(Hoobs chuckling)

- Well, what

Hoobledoopleduper idea!

It sound very important

to be called Mr.

I could be Mr. Iver Busybody.

- Yeah. (laughing)

And I could be, Mr.

Kieth Sandwich Whacker,

and you can be Miss

Tula Hoob, Tula!

(Groove laughs)

(Tula gasps)

- I love it.

- Yeah.

Hey, let's try it

out. (coughing)

Can I wack you up a sandwich,

Miss Tula Hoob? (laughs)

How did that sound?

Well, it makes me

sound important,

putting Miss in

front of my name.

- Yeah.

- But it doesn't sound

very, well, friendly.

- Well, maybe if I gave you

Hoobledigger at the same time

it would seem more friendly.

(coughing) Miss Tula Hoob.

- [Both] Hooble, Hooble,

diggy, diggy, diggy, diggy.

- (laughing) How friendly did

that feel, Miss Tula Hoob?

- Very friendly.

But as if I was called

just, plain old, Tula.

- Hubba Hubba.

Hoobledoop Hoobs!

- Remember, he's called

Auntie Hattie today.

- Oh, yeah, yeah.

- I still don't have a

Peep name that suits me,

Auntie Hattie.

I want something as

friendly as Tula.

- Then maybe you

should go and see

the Tiddlypeeps one more time.

- Yes, Hubba, Auntie Hattie.

I'll ask Mr. Iver

Busybody to drive me.

- That's you.

- Hm?

Oh!

Oh, certainly, my

pleasure. (laughs)

Hoobletoodledoo, Auntie Hattie.

(Groove laughing)

(laughing) Oh dear.

(upbeat 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 ♪

♪ 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 ♪

(Tula popping)

- Hoobledoop, Tiddlypeeps!

- [Children] Hoobledoop, Tula!

- You're back soon.

- I know, I just can't

find a name that suits me.

I've tried everything

and I still can't find

a better name than Tula.

- You could have a nickname.

- A nickname, what's that?

- It's another name you have

as well as your real name.

- Really?

So I could have a nickname and

still be called Tula as well?

- That's right!

- What do you want

your nickname to be?

- Oh, I haven't thought of that.

How do I choose a nickname?

- A nickname is short

for your real name.

- If your name's Robert,

people call you Rob or Bob.

- So, I could be called

Tu, short for Tula.

- Or you could have a nickname

that describes what you're like.

- Hm, yes.

Like if someone's

got spiky hair,

they would be called Spike.

- That's it.

- Spike?

- Thank you,

Tiddlypeeps, a nickname

is a Hoobelly groobelly idea.

I'd better get back

to the Hoobmobile now

and see what the others

think nickname should be.

Hoobletoodledoo!

- [Children] Hoobletoodledoo!

(upbeat music)

- Oh, nicknames, Keith.

Now nicknames sound

really Hoobacious.

- Well, yes they do, Iver.

But I've decided

to stick to Keith.

Yeah, Keith, Keith, Keith,

Keith, Keith. (laughs)

I'm not changing

my name from Keith

for all the Hooberfizz

in Hoobland.

(upbeat music)

- Quick, quick!

You've got to help me

think of a nickname!

- Oh, right, yes, yes.

Well, we need a name that

describes what you're like.

- Well, I'm clever and

cheerful and pretty

and kind.

- Pink, yes, you're very pink.

What about, Pinky? (laughs)

- Pinky?

Well it does what

you're like Tula.

- Yeah, and it

sounds very friendly.

- And it does sound

like a girls name.

- Yeah, and it really suits yo.

- Hm.

(upbeat music)

Hmm.

It's Hoobelly groobelly.

- Hoob Hoob, hooray!

- Hoob Hoob, hooray!

- And it's time for

Hoob News. (laughing)

Come on, Pinky. (laughing)

- Oh, thank you,

Mr. Iver Busybody

(all laughing)

(upbeat music)

♪ Change your name,

change your name ♪

♪ Throw your old name out ♪

♪ 'Cause the name of the

game's swapping names about ♪

♪ I'll be Jim, I'll be Jane,

I'll John, let's shout ♪

♪ Change your name,

swap your names about ♪

♪ I'll be Joe, I'll be Mo, I'll

be Morris, Morris, Morris ♪

♪ Morris feels just fine ♪

♪ I'll be Dawn, I'll be Shaun,

I'll be Doris, Doris, Doris ♪

♪ That name's mine ♪

♪ Change your name,

change your name ♪

♪ Throw your old name out ♪

♪ 'Cause the name of the

game's swapping names about ♪

♪ I'll be Jim, I'll be Jane,

I'll John, let's shout ♪

♪ Change your name,

swap your names about ♪

- Hubba Hubba.

Well, Hoobs, are you ready

to give me your Hoob News

for my great Hoobopaedia?

- We're ready, Auntie Hattie.

- Then take it away.

(dramatic music)

- Hoobledoop whoop, to all

you all Hoobs out there.

Welcome to Hoob News, the news

show for Hoobs everywhere.

I'm Mr. Iver Busybody.

- I'm Pinky.

- And I'm Keith.

- And today we've been

asking the question.

- What Peep name

should Tula have?

- The first Peep name I

really liked was Duncan.

But Iver had a feeling

his Twizzletuft

that it wasn't

quite right for me.

But he couldn't say why.

- [Iver] So Tula went

to see the Tiddypeeps,

and they told her

Duncan is a boys name.

- But they gave me Hoob loads

of girls names to choose from.

And I choose Caroline.

- [Iver] But when we

called her Caroline

she said she didn't feel

like a Caroline at all.

She still felt like a Tula.

- [Groove] Then we heard a

story about the Doodlees,

who were given second names

that described what they did.

- [Iver] So I got

called Iver Busybody

because I'm always busy!

- [Groove] (laughs) Yeah.

And I got called Kieth

Sandwich Whacker,

'cause I'm always whacking

sandwiches. (laughing)

- [Tula] But I do so

many different things

I didn't know which

name to choose.

Then Roma discovered that

sometimes Peeps put the name

Mr. or Mrs. or Miss in

front of their other names,

which makes them

sound more important.

So we tried called

me, Miss Tula Hoob.

It sounded important but it

didn't sound as friendly as

plain, old, Tula.

- [Iver] So Tula went

back to see the Tiddypeeps

one more time and they

told her about nicknames.

- [Groove] And nicknames often

describe what you're like.

- [Iver] We know

that Tula is clever

and cheerful and

pretty and kind.

- [Groove] But most

of all, she's pink.

- So Tula's new

Peep nickname is.

- [All] Pinky!

- And I love it because it

sounds just as friendly as Tula

and it describes me perfectly.

- It certainly does,

Pinky! (laughing)

So it's thanks once again

to Mr. Iver Busybody,

Pinky, Kieth and Miss Roma Hoob,

for for giving Hoobs everywhere

a little peep into

the names of Peeps.

And remember, wherever you are

and whatever you're called,

have a lovely day

and Hoobletoodledoo!

- [Hoobs] Hoobletoodledoo!

- Oh, thank you so

much, Mr. Iver Busybody.

- What for, Pinky?

- For having that feeling

in your Twizzletuft.

If you hadn't had it I would

never have found name, Pinky.

I'd still be Duncan.

- So you would! (chuckles)

- Yeah, you're so smart, Iver.

I think we should

give you a nickname.

- Oh, yes.

- Smarty Hoob.

- Smarty Hoob.

Oh, Hoobacious!

Smarty Hoob.

Thank you, Groove.

- (laughing) Keith.

- Keith.

- Yes.

- Sorry, sorry.

(upbeat music)

♪ Hubba Hubba's in Hoobland ♪

♪ And Roma's

somewhere far away ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ The Motorettes are singing ♪

♪ We keep the engine spinning ♪

♪ Hoob Hoob hooray ♪

♪ The Hoobmobile is

coming your way ♪

- Oh, here we come.

- Wahey!

- Oh!

♪ The Hoobs are here

so what do you say ♪

♪ Hoobs ♪
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