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Rubbadubbers
Rubbadubbers is a British stop-motion children's television series produced by HIT Entertainment, with animation production by Hot Animation. The series was broadcast in the UK on BBC2 and CBeebies from 2 September 2002 to 14 February 2005. Created by Peter Curtis, it focuses on seven friendly, sentient bath toys as they find themselves in their dreams of imaginary worlds outside of the bathroom they live in – the ringleader in the series being a pink toy frog named Tubb. In the US, the series was broadcast on Nickelodeon, Noggin and PBS Kids Sprout.
The series was originally announced under the working title "Plugg" (an early name for the character of Tubb). BBC started commissioning the show on 2 September 2002 after two lost pilots were made: "Plugg" from 1999 and "Splish Splash Splosh!" from 2001. It is unknown if these pilots even exist, but an animator[who?] has stated that they did some test animations.[citation needed] Hasbro licensed Rubbadubbers for producing a toy line to promote the series. The series concluded production on 14 February 2005 after 52 episodes.
Seven anthropomorphic bath toys called the Rubbadubbers live a peaceful life in the bathroom of a house somewhere in England. The toys belong to two children who live at the house named Benjie and Sis (however, they are never seen or heard by viewers). Whenever the children or anyone else isn't in the bathroom, the Rubbadubbers come to life and usually begin a fun activity.
However, in every episode, one of the toys (excluding Winona) become frustrated with the way a certain activity or situation goes. They then wish for it to go as planned by beginning the wish with "If only-". Suddenly, they begin dreaming about an alternate reality where the wish comes true. When they immediately realize this, they are surprised and say, "I said, if only!". Some of the other Rubbadubbers appear in their dream world as well, where they play different versions of their regular selves in order to either assist or hinder the character that made the wish.
It always turns out that the chosen Rubbadubber's wish never goes the way that they planned, much to their disappointment. They then complain again with another "If only-," wish, which automatically ends the dream. When the dream disappears, the Rubbadubber says "Oh, I'm back!" or "Oh, I'm back in the bathroom!" and they learn to be careful with what they wish for, and then decide that instead of changing the real-world situation to their will, they should simply leave it as it was and find a way to deal with it or even have fun with it. All the Rubbadubbers are then happy again. Every episode ends with Reg the robot, one of the Rubbadubbers, announcing to the others that Benjie and Sis are arriving in the bathroom for a bath. The toys then excitedly prepare themselves for it, ending the episode.
A series of twenty-six shorts, dubbed as Mini Adventures for DVD releases, were produced for North/Latin American broadcasts. While they never aired on television in the United Kingdom, twelve of the shorts were released on DVD.
HIT Entertainment released three DVD and VHS releases of the series. "Here Come the Rubbadubbers" was released on May 12, 2003. "Splish! Splash! Splosh!" was released on September 1, 2003, and "Bathtime Scramble" was released on February 23, 2004. Each release contains four episodes, with the first two releases also containing some of the shorts. The three DVDs were reissued as part of a boxset on March 12, 2007, while an additional release – "Swimmin'", was released as a Carry Case DVD on April 9, 2007.
HIT Entertainment released four DVD and VHS releases of the series, titled "Here Come the Rubbadubbers" on January 27, "Tubb's Pirate Treasure" on March 16, "High Noon in the Bathroom" on July 13, and "Finbar, the Mighty Movie Star" on October 12, released in 2004, respectively. Each release contained five episodes.
Rubbadubbers
Rubbadubbers is a British stop-motion children's television series produced by HIT Entertainment, with animation production by Hot Animation. The series was broadcast in the UK on BBC2 and CBeebies from 2 September 2002 to 14 February 2005. Created by Peter Curtis, it focuses on seven friendly, sentient bath toys as they find themselves in their dreams of imaginary worlds outside of the bathroom they live in – the ringleader in the series being a pink toy frog named Tubb. In the US, the series was broadcast on Nickelodeon, Noggin and PBS Kids Sprout.
The series was originally announced under the working title "Plugg" (an early name for the character of Tubb). BBC started commissioning the show on 2 September 2002 after two lost pilots were made: "Plugg" from 1999 and "Splish Splash Splosh!" from 2001. It is unknown if these pilots even exist, but an animator[who?] has stated that they did some test animations.[citation needed] Hasbro licensed Rubbadubbers for producing a toy line to promote the series. The series concluded production on 14 February 2005 after 52 episodes.
Seven anthropomorphic bath toys called the Rubbadubbers live a peaceful life in the bathroom of a house somewhere in England. The toys belong to two children who live at the house named Benjie and Sis (however, they are never seen or heard by viewers). Whenever the children or anyone else isn't in the bathroom, the Rubbadubbers come to life and usually begin a fun activity.
However, in every episode, one of the toys (excluding Winona) become frustrated with the way a certain activity or situation goes. They then wish for it to go as planned by beginning the wish with "If only-". Suddenly, they begin dreaming about an alternate reality where the wish comes true. When they immediately realize this, they are surprised and say, "I said, if only!". Some of the other Rubbadubbers appear in their dream world as well, where they play different versions of their regular selves in order to either assist or hinder the character that made the wish.
It always turns out that the chosen Rubbadubber's wish never goes the way that they planned, much to their disappointment. They then complain again with another "If only-," wish, which automatically ends the dream. When the dream disappears, the Rubbadubber says "Oh, I'm back!" or "Oh, I'm back in the bathroom!" and they learn to be careful with what they wish for, and then decide that instead of changing the real-world situation to their will, they should simply leave it as it was and find a way to deal with it or even have fun with it. All the Rubbadubbers are then happy again. Every episode ends with Reg the robot, one of the Rubbadubbers, announcing to the others that Benjie and Sis are arriving in the bathroom for a bath. The toys then excitedly prepare themselves for it, ending the episode.
A series of twenty-six shorts, dubbed as Mini Adventures for DVD releases, were produced for North/Latin American broadcasts. While they never aired on television in the United Kingdom, twelve of the shorts were released on DVD.
HIT Entertainment released three DVD and VHS releases of the series. "Here Come the Rubbadubbers" was released on May 12, 2003. "Splish! Splash! Splosh!" was released on September 1, 2003, and "Bathtime Scramble" was released on February 23, 2004. Each release contains four episodes, with the first two releases also containing some of the shorts. The three DVDs were reissued as part of a boxset on March 12, 2007, while an additional release – "Swimmin'", was released as a Carry Case DVD on April 9, 2007.
HIT Entertainment released four DVD and VHS releases of the series, titled "Here Come the Rubbadubbers" on January 27, "Tubb's Pirate Treasure" on March 16, "High Noon in the Bathroom" on July 13, and "Finbar, the Mighty Movie Star" on October 12, released in 2004, respectively. Each release contained five episodes.