Car Wash is an episode of The Mr. Men Show. It premiered on Cartoon Network on 6 March, 2008 along with Wildlife.
Synopsis[]
Mr. Bump battles the bubbles at the car wash; things go underwater with Little Miss Calamity behind the wheel; and Mr. Per(s)nickety can't seem to keep his car clean.
Plots[]
- Mr. Bump and Mr. Strong's Plot: Mr. Bump gets a job at Mr. Strong's Car Wash. He thought that this was the only job that he thought that he wouldn't get hurt until a claw came and took him inside. In the end, Mr. Bump gets covered in wax.
- Mr. Persnickety, Mr. Messy, Mr. Lazy, Mr. Nosy and Mr. Small's Plot: Mr. Persnickety washes his car by himself. But Mr. Messy, Mr. Lazy, Mr. Nosey, and Mr. Small keep saying he should go to a drive-thru car wash. Soon Miss Whoops crushes his car in her monster truck.
- Miss Calamity and Mr. Rude's Plot: Miss Calamity hosts a show called Driving with Miss Calamity. Today she takes Mr. Rude to the Dillydale Car Wash but things don't go well when her windows wouldn't close.
- Mr. Nervous' Plot (US version only): Mr. Nervous imagines he goes underwater in a submarine, then gets attacked by a giant squid. It was really shown that he was holding up the line at Miss Scary's Car Wash.
- Mr. Grumpy and Mr. Scatterbrain's Plot: Mr. Scatterbrain visits the Genie in a Bottle Car Wash, where he meets Mr. Grumpy dressed as a genie. But Mr. Scatterbrain keeps thinking Mr. Grumpy is a real genie.
Bumpers[]
Mr. Quiet goes through the carwash.
- He comes out with Mr. Scatterbrain on an elephant.
- His car starts up and drives off without him!
- He comes out on an electric scooter.
Characters[]
- Mr. Grumpy
- Mr. Scatterbrain
- Little Miss Naughty
- Mr. Bump
- Mr. Strong
- Mr. Quiet
- Mr. Persnickety
- Mr. Messy
- Mr. Lazy
- Mr. Nosey
- Mr. Small
- Little Miss Whoops
- Mr. Nervous
- Mr. Rude
- Little Miss Calamity
- Mr. Happy
- Little Miss Scary
Voice Cast[]
UK[]
- Aline Mowat
- Joseph J. Terry - Mr. Rude and Mr. Scatterbrain
- Keith Wickham - Mr. Small
- Rob Rackstraw
- Simon Greenall
- Steve Kynman - Mr. Nosey
- Teresa Gallagher - Little Miss Whoops
- Tim Whitnall - Mr. Lazy
US[]
- Joseph J. Terry - Mr. Persnickety, Mr. Rude, and Mr. Scatterbrain
- Peter Rida Michail - Mr. Messy
Transcript[]
- The transcript for Car Wash can be seen here.
Fun Facts[]
Trivia[]
- This is the first time Mr. Persnickety's car gets crushed, in this case by Little Miss Whoops' monster truck. It would get crushed again by a boulder in Driving.
- Mr. Scatterbrain kissed Mr. Grumpy in this episode.
- Plot hole: Mr. Grumpy states to Mr. Scatterbrain that he is not a genie in their plot, despite he teleported him to the car wash earlier in the episode.
Dub edits[]
- Mr. Strong says "thingy" instead of "baby" when he explains to Mr. Bump about why the former character needs the latter character to wash the cars.
- After the pelicans poop on Mr. Persnickety's car and after he says "Oh, my perfectly cleaned car!", he says "Why did those pelicans have to choose now to flock to the sea?" which is changed to "Why did those pelicans have to poop on my pride and joy?"
- Mr. Persnickety's line "Leave me to grieve!" was changed to "Cleaning is my life!" in the dub.
Real-world references[]
- When Mr. Nervous is in the submarine, he references the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea in his speech.