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Mr. Men and Little Miss: The Mr. Men, The Mr. Men, The Mr. Men, The Mr. Men!
(Scene swaps to Mr. Tickle tickling lots of Mr. Men and Little Misses and goes all the way to Mr. Bump and Miss Whoops on a plane and tickles Miss Whoops causing Mr. Bump to fall into the "O" in the logo)
Mr. Bump: The Mr. Men Show!
(A big blue screen comes up with "Telephone" written on it with Mr. Grumpy standing next to a telephone, who created the episode underneath, and the sound of a telephone ringing that is quickly picked up by Mr. Grumpy is heard)
Mr. Grumpy (voiceover): Yes?
(Incoherent chatter is heard)
Mr. Grumpy (voiceover): Who is it?
(Incoherent chatter is heard)
Mr. Grumpy (voiceover): No! Go away!
(The episode begins with a telephone ringing)
Narrator: Ah, telephones! What would we do without them?
(Mr. Noisy picks up the telephone and a four-way-split-screen forms with Little Miss Chatterbox in quadrant 1, Little Miss Scary in quadrant 2, Mr. Bump in in quadrant 3, and Mr. Noisy in quadrant 4. All four of them are talking to each other on the telephone)
Narrator: Every day, the Mr. Men and Little Misses...
(Mr. Bump is shown falling down a manhole and almost leaves his phone behind, but Mr. Bump manages to hold onto the edge long enough to grab his phone before falling down)
Narrator: Use their phones to...
(The scene cuts to a split screen featuring Mr. Small and Mr. Nosey saying hello to each other inaudibly over the telephone)
Narrator: Say hello to friends,
(The scene cuts to a split screen featuring Mr. Messy and Mr. Fussy. On Mr. Messy's side of the screen, his sink is broken and spewing water that is flooding the room he is in. This, in turn is causing water to leak into Mr. Fussy's side of the screen and ruining his wall due to them sharing a duplex)
Narrator: Find out what's going on,
(The scene cuts to a split screen featuring Mr. Tickle and Little Miss Daredevil. On Little Miss Daredevil's side of the screen, she is inaudibly telling Mr. Tickle about an award she just won. Mr. Tickle then pushes his phone through his telephone and tickles Little Miss Daredevil through her phone)
Narrator: Or share some good news!
(The scene cuts to Mr. Grumpy sitting in his armchair with the phone ringing on a little table next to him)
Narrator: Everyone loves getting a phone call!
(Mr. Grumpy gets so fed up with his telephone ringing that he smashes it with a mallet)
Mr. Grumpy: (grunts)
(Mr. Grumpy walks away)
Narrator: Well, almost everyone.
(The scene cuts to the Dillydale Theater. Outside, there is promotion for a piano concert performed by Mr. Fussy)
Narrator: Of course, there are times when talking on the phone is appropriate. And there are times when it is not.
(The scene cuts to inside the Dillydale theater. A crowd of Mr. Men and Little Misses have come for the concert. Some Mr. Men and Little Misses, like Mr. Quiet, Mr. Lazy, Little Miss Scary, Mr. Bounce, Mr. Messy, Mr. Small, Mr. Nosey, Mr. Scatterbrain (who has brought Bunko the Monkey with him), Little Miss Whoops, Little Miss Naughty, Mr. Quiet, and Little Miss Magic are eagerly waiting for the concert to begin. Others, like Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Bump, Mr. Nervous, and Little Miss Daredevil are reading the concert's playbill. The last person in the audience is Mr. Rude, who is sipping a fountain drink)
Miss Sunshine (voiceover): Welcome to the Dillydale Theater! This is Miss Sunshine!
(Mr. Rude sips his drink loudly, to the annoyance of Little Miss Bossy)
Miss Sunshine (voiceover): Remember, no food or drink is allowed in the theater!
(Mr. Rude tosses his drink aside. The drink lands in the seat next to Mr. Quiet. It opens up and Mr. Quiet is soaked by the beverage)
Mr. Quiet: Mmm!
Miss Sunshine (voiceover): And, as a courtesy to others, please make sure your mobile phones are switched off!
(Bunko the Monkey and Mr. Scatterbrain are shown turning off their mobile phones. Mr. Messy is also shown turning off his mobile phone. Mr. Rude is shown hitting himself in the face in annoyance)
Mr. Rude: (sighs) I can't be bothered!
(The lights dim and the audience is heard clapping as the scene cuts to the stage. The curtain goes up)
Miss Sunshine (voiceover): And now, please give a warm welcome...
(The lights at the stage turn on and show Mr. Fussy about to perform a piano recital for the audience)
Miss Sunshine (voiceover): To Mr. Fussy!!!
(Mr. Fussy waves to both the viewer and the audience. Everyone except for Mr. Rude, Mr. Grumpy, and Bunko applaud for Mr. Fussy. Back at the stage, Mr. Fussy stretches his fingers)
Mr. Fussy: (clears his throat)
(Mr. Fussy starts playing the piano)
Mr. Fussy: (humming)
(Just as Mr. Fussy starts playing, a mobile phone is heard ringing. Mr. Fussy hits his head on the piano in shock)
Mr. Fussy: D-!
(Mr. Fussy looks towards the audience in anger. Mr. Rude takes out his mobile phone and tries answering it, but accidentally drops it. Mr. Quiet picks up Mr. Rude's mobile phone for him)
Mr. Quiet: Hmm. Oh!
(Mr. Bounce, Little Miss Scary, Mr. Bump, Little Miss Daredevil, and Mr. Nosey glare at Mr. Quiet thinking that it's his mobile phone. Mr. Quiet tosses Mr. Rude's mobile phone back over to him)
Mr. Quiet: Not my phone! Honest!
(Mr. Fussy facepalms himself in frustration)
Mr. Fussy: Uh! (sighs)
(Mr. Fussy tries to resume his performance when Mr. Rude's mobile phone rings again. Disturbing him and causing Mr. Fussy to fall off the stool he was sitting on due to the shock)
Mr. Fussy: Oh! Woah!
(Little Miss Naughty and Mr. Bounce glare at Mr. Rude as he picks up his mobile phone)
Miss Naughty: A-he-hem!
Mr. Rude: (clears his throat)
(Mr. Rude answers his mobile phone. Mr. Quiet tries to avoid being blamed by shielding his face)
Mr. Rude: (sighs) What do you want, Miss Chatterbox?
(A split screen between Mr. Rude and Little Miss Chatterbox appears. Little Miss Chatterbox is shown sitting on her couch)
Mr. Rude: I'm busy!
Miss Chatterbox: Hi, Mr. Rude! What are you doing?
Mr. Rude: I am at...
(The split screen disappears as the scene cuts back to Mr. Fussy)
Mr. Rude (offscreen): A ridiculous concert!
(Mr. Fussy stops playing for a moment before resuming)
Mr. Fussy: Oh!
Miss Chatterbox (over the phone): I can't believe you went to a concert without me!
(Mr. Fussy stops playing the piano)
Miss Chatterbox (over the phone): I love concerts!
(Mr. Fussy starts banging his fists on the piano)
Mr. Fussy: Oh!
Miss Chatterbox (over the phone): Maybe not as much as pencil sharpeners...
(Mr. Fussy bangs his fists so hard that the fallboard falls on his head)
Mr. Fussy: (growls) Oh! Oh! Oh! Ooh!
(The scene cuts back to the split screen and Mr. Rude's mobile phone is heard ringing again)
Mr. Rude: I'm getting another call. Goodbye!
(Mr. Rude hangs up on Little Miss Chatterbox and the split screen goes away)
Mr. Rude: Hello? Hello!? Oh, speak up! I cannot hear you!
(Mr. Quiet is shown as the one calling Mr. Rude. Mr. Quiet does his best to be discreet, but the others notice)
Mr. Quiet: Please stop talking on your phone. You're disturbing everyone!
Mr. Rude: I don't know who this is, but you have some nerve calling me in the middle of a concert!
(Mr. Rude hangs up on Mr. Quiet)
Mr. Quiet: I'm just saying.
(The camera zooms out to show the angry concert patrons surrounding Mr. Quiet. They all turn to him to shush him)
Mr. Bounce, Miss Scary, Miss Magic, Mr. Nosey, Miss Whoops, and Miss Daredevil: Shhh!!
Mr. Quiet: Oh!
(Mr. Fussy stretches out his fingers and starts playing the piano again)
Mr. Fussy: (clears his throat)
(Mr. Rude's mobile phone rings again. Disturbing Mr. Fussy and everyone else in attendance)
Mr. Fussy: D'ooh!
(Mr. Rude takes out his mobile phone to see that Little Miss Chatterbox sent him a picture of herself and Featherbrain in shower caps)
Mr. Rude: Why is she send me a picture of her bird?
(Mr. Rude deletes the picture. Mr. Rude's mobile phone rings again and Little Miss Chatterbox is heard as the caller)
Miss Chatterbox (over the phone): So you got the picture of Featherbrain?
(Mr. Fussy starts hitting his head on the piano in frustration)
Miss Chatterbox (over the phone): Isn't she cute?
Mr. Fussy: Oh! (sobs)
Miss Chatterbox (over the phone): Bet you've never seen a picture of a parrot in a shower cap before!
(Mr. Quiet gets an idea)
Mr. Quiet: Ah!
(Mr. Quiet uses a fishing pole with a magnet on the end of his line to take Mr. Rude's mobile phone away from him)
Mr. Rude: I am not impressed!
(Mr. Quiet uses some force but is successful with getting Mr. Rude's mobile phone away from him)
Miss Chatterbox (over the phone): Did I ever tell you about the time she tried to make toast? That was really funny!
(Mr. Strong arrives and shines his flashlight on Mr. Quiet)
Mr. Strong: Oh...hey! Mr. Quiet. I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you to leave. You're disturbing the concert.
Mr. Quiet: Huh? Me? But this is Mr. Rude's phone!
Mr. Strong: Sorry, Mr. Quiet. But you're gonna have to leave!
(Mr. Strong rips Mr. Quiet's seat out of the floor)
Mr. Strong: (grunts)
(Mr. Quiet accidentally throws Mr. Rude's mobile phone across the room as he is carried away)
Mr. Quiet: Oh no!
(Mr. Rude's mobile phone lands in the strings of Mr. Fussy's piano. Breaking a few in the process)
Mr. Fussy: Oh!
Miss Chatterbox (on the phone): Is that you, Mr. Fussy? Oh, weird! I was just talking to Mr. Rude a minute ago!
Mr. Fussy: (sobs)
(With his concert ruined, the upset Mr. Fussy runs off the stage. The scene cuts back to the audience)
Mr. Rude: (sighs) Why do I waste my time with these idiotic concerts?
(Mr. Rude gets up from his seat)
Mr. Rude: I'll give you a concert!
(Mr. Rude farts in Little Miss Bossy's face as he leaves the theatre)
The rest of the Mr. Men and Little Misses: Mr. Rude!!!!!!!
Miss Bossy: Mmmm! Oof!
(The first bumper plays. A squirrel is shown on a telephone pole. Mr. Quiet is shown working as a telephone repair man and is raised up in the ladder basket. He gestures for the squirrel to come to him. The squirrel does more than that. The squirrel attacks Mr. Quiet, throws him onto the telephone pole, takes the helmet Mr. Quiet was wearing and leaves him stranded on the telephone pole. The screen fades to black. The next scene shows telephone wires covered by a kite, some birds, and the branch of a tree. The wires covered by the tree branch are shown to have been severed and one is being played with by another bird)
Narrator: The telephones in Dillydale usually work marvellously. But sometimes, the lines get broken and must be fixed!
(Mr. Tickle and Mr. Bump arrive driving a telephone repair truck)
Narrator: Which is why being a telephone line repair person is such an important job!
(Mr. Bump and Mr. Tickle exit the truck and walk over to the telephone poles)
Mr. Bump: Yep! Line's broken, Mr. Tickle.
(The scene cuts to the bird playing with the broken line before flying away. The line sparks when the ends come in contact with each other)
Mr. Bump (offscreen): Looks like that tree branch must have hit the line!
(Mr. Tickle gets an idea)
Mr. Tickle: I know, Mr. Bump! Why don't I just tickle the telephone line back together?
Mr. Bump: Tickle? This repairs gonna need more than just a tickle!
(Mr. Bump starts walking back to the truck)
Mr. Tickle: Then how about I give you a tickle?
(Mr. Bump is shown in the ladder basket of the aerial lift)
Mr. Bump: Uh, now's not a good time! All of Dillydale is counting on us to fix that phone line!
(Mr. Tickle is shown inside the truck looking at the controls)
Mr. Bump (offscreen): Now remember, lift me up...
(The scene cuts back to Mr. Bump)
Mr. Bump: Nice and slow!
(The scene cuts back to Mr. Tickle)
Mr. Tickle: Right you are!
(Mr. Tickle slowly pulls on one of the levers)
Mr. Tickle: Nice and slow.
(The aerial lift lifts Mr. Bump up to the broken telephone line)
Mr. Bump: That's good, Mr. Tickle!
(Mr. Bump takes out a set of wire cutters. The scene cuts back to Mr. Tickle)
Mr. Tickle: I wonder what happens when you tickle these controls?
(Mr. Tickle tickles the controls. This causes the aerial lift's ladder basket to dump Mr. Bump out of itself)
Mr. Bump: Woah!
(Mr. Bump lands on the windshield. This causes Mr. Tickle to stop tickling the controls)
Mr. Bump: Ow!
(Mr. Bump slides off the windshield)
Mr. Bump: (muffled noises)
(A princess telephone spins and zooms onto the screen before reversing and disappearing. Complete with a ringing sound effect. This transitions the scene to Mr. Bump showing Mr. Tickle a walkie-talkie)
Mr. Bump: Now let's try this again.
(The camera zooms in on Mr. Tickle and Mr. Bump)
Mr. Bump: Only this time, if you're gonna to tickle anything, call me on this walkie-talkie and warn me first!
(Mr. Bump gives Mr. Tickle the walkie-talkie before walking back over to the aerial lift)
Mr. Bump: (sighs)
Mr. Tickle: You got it, Mr. Bump!
(Mr. Bump is shown holding a walkie-talkie as he climbs back into the ladder basket of the aerial lift)
Mr. Bump: (gulps)
(Mr. Tickle slowly raises Mr. Bump to the damaged telephone wires. The scene cuts to Mr. Tickle inside the truck)
Mr. Bump (over the walkie-talkie): That's perfect, Mr. Tickle!
Mr. Tickle: I know a walkie-talkie that needs a you-know-what!
(Mr. Tickle starts tickling the walkie-talkie and, unintentionally, kicks the controls as he does)
Mr. Tickle: (laughs)
(As Mr. Bump is about to use the pliers to cut the telephone wire from the tree branch, the aerial lift starts spinning Mr. Bump in a jerky motion due to Mr. Tickle's kicking of the controls. Mr. Bump ends up dropping the pliers and the walkie-talkie (the latter he ends up recovering)
Mr. Bump: Aah! Oh! Ooh! Ah! Eeh! Ow! Ow!
(The scene cuts back to Mr. Tickle)
Mr. Bump (over the walkie-talkie): Hands on the controls!
(Mr. Tickle realizes what he did and stops tickling the walkie-talkie)
Mr. Tickle: Oh!
Mr. Bump (over the walkie-talkie): Ooh! Ow! Ow! Hands on the controls!
Mr. Tickle: Sorry about that, Mr. Bump!
(Mr. Tickle pulls a lever. The scene cuts to a dizzy and nauseous Mr. Bump back in the aerial lift)
Mr. Bump: (moans)
(A rat scurries along the broken telephone line)
Rat: (squeaks)
(Mr. Bump sees the rat)
Mr. Bump: Oh
Rat: (roars)
(The rat attacks Mr. Bump)
Mr. Bump: (screams)
(Mr. Bump falls out of the aerial lift's ladder basket again. Mr. Bump and the rat land on the windshield. Surprising Mr. Tickle)
Mr. Bump: Ow!
Mr. Tickle: Oh! Done already?
(Mr. Bump and the rat slide down the windshield)
Mr. Tickle: That was fast!
(A princess telephone spins and zooms onto the screen before reversing and disappearing. Complete with a ringing sound effect. This transitions the scene to Mr. Bump (now with his arm and leg in a cast and a bandage on his face hobbling over the the aerial lift with a saw in his uninjured hand. Mr. Tickle is inside the truck)
Mr. Bump: Okay! Up we go!
(Mr. Bump shouts over his shoulder)
Mr. Bump: And remember, no tickling!
Mr. Tickle: Not even a little good luck tickle?
(Mr. Bump gets into the ladder basket of the aerial lift)
Mr. Bump: No! But once we're done, you can tickle all you want.
(Mr. Tickle grabs the lever)
Mr. Tickle: Yay!
(Mr. Tickle throws the lever and Mr. Bump is launched to the branch)
Mr. Bump: Too fast! Too fast!
(Mr. Bump reaches the branch)
Mr. Bump: Oh! Phew!
(Mr. Bump starts sawing the branch when two baby birds pop up in a next resting on the branch)
Mr. Bump: Oh!
Baby Birds: (chirping)
Mr. Bump (offscreen): Hello birdies.
(The camera zooms out to show Mr. Bump in the aerial lift's ladder basket)
Mr. Bump: Don't mind me. I'm just going to move your nest so that I can trim this branch.
(Mr. Bump becomes scared upon seeing that the mother bird is a very angry vulture)
Mr. Bump: Hm?
Baby Birds: (chirping)
Mother Vulture: (squawks)
Mr. Bump: Mr. Tickle!
(Mr. Tickle is shown listening to music on noise-cancelling headphones and is unable to hear Mr. Bump)
Mr. Bump (offscreen): I've got a situation up here!
Mr. Tickle: (humming)
(The mother vulture grabs Mr. Bump with her talons)
Mr. Bump: Ah! Oh! Oh no! No! No
(The mother vulture flies Mr. Bump out of the aerial lift's ladder basket)
Mr. Bump: Woah!
Mr. Bump (offscreen): Oh, put me down!
(The scene cuts back to Mr. Tickle listening to his music in the truck)
Mr. Bump (offscreen): Oh! (screams)
(Mr. Bump lands on the windshield for the third time. This causes Mr. Tickle to realize what is going on)
Mr. Bump: Ow!!
(Mr. Bump slides off the windshield. The scene cuts outside to show Mr. Bump lying on the ground)
Mr. Bump: (moans) Ow!
(Mr. Tickle walks over)
Mr. Tickle: I know what you need!
(Mr. Tickle tickles Mr. Bump)
Mr. Tickle and Mr. Bump: (laughs)
Mr. Bump: Ow! (laughs)
(The screen fades to the next bumper. A squirrel is shown on a telephone pole. Mr. Strong is shown working as a telephone repair man and is raised up in the ladder basket. Mr. Strong scratches his head trying to think of a way to get the squirrel off the telephone pole. Mr. Strong gets an idea and breaks the pole the squirrel is sitting on from the power lines. Mr. Strong is lowered back down holding the part of the telephone pole he just broke off with the squirrel still on it. The screen fades to black and transitions to the next scene. The scene begins with Mr. Scatterbrain sitting on some telephone wires along with some squirrels)
Narrator: These days, telephones can do all sorts of things.
(The camera pans over to Mr. Grumpy's house. Telephone wires are shown connected to it)
Narrator: Of course, fancy phones aren't for everyone.
(The scene cuts to inside Mr. Grumpy's house where Little Miss Helpful is showing Mr. Grumpy a new telephone she got for him)
Mr. Grumpy: What is it, Miss Helpful?
Miss Helpful: It's a telephone, silly! I heard about your old one!
(The camera cuts over to the telephone Mr. Grumpy destroyed with a hammer at the beginning of the episode. Then the scene cuts back to Mr. Grumpy and Little Miss Helpful)
Mr. Grumpy: Stuff happens, Miss Helpful.
Miss Helpful: Oh! Don't you worry, Mr. Grumpy. I'm sure you'll be very happy with this new phone! It lets you know who's calling and has a built-in answering machine.
(The camera zooms in on the telephone)
Miss Helpful: So people can leave messages.
(The camera zooms to show Little Miss Helpful and Mr. Grumpy)
Miss Helpful: This phone will change your life! You'll become very popular.
Mr. Grumpy: Why would I want that?
Miss Helpful: (chuckles) You're so funny! Now go ahead and record a message that people will hear when they call.
(Little Miss Helpful pushes a button on the telephone)
Mr. Grumpy: Go away!
Miss Helpful: Hmmm. Maybe you'd like to try that again. Only this time, a little more cheery.
Mr. Grumpy: That's all the cheer you're gonna get from me today.
(The scene cuts to Mr. Grumpy's fish-themed clock. It is revealed to be two o'clock. The scene cuts back to Mr. Grumpy and Little Miss Helpful)
Mr. Grumpy: Look, it's time for my favorite fishing program and I don't want to miss it!
Miss Helpful: No problem!
(Little Miss Helpful gives Mr. Grumpy the new phone)
Miss Helpful: You enjoy your TV program and your new phone!
(Little Miss Helpful leaves and Mr. Grumpy carries his new phone over to the little table next to his armchair)
Mr. Bounce (on the TV): This week, we'll go after the crafty brook trout.
(Mr. Grumpy puts his phone down on the table, sits down in his armchair, and starts watching his TV program)
Mr. Bounce (on the TV): And show you just how you can catch a big one of your own!
(Mr. Grumpy's phone starts ringing)
Mr. Grumpy: Who's calling?
(Little Miss Bossy's image is shown on the id part of the phone)
Mr. Grumpy (offscreen): Miss Bossy?! Ha!
(The screen zooms out to show Mr. Grumpy)
Mr. Grumpy: I don't think so!
(The answering machine picks up Little Miss Bossy's phone call)
Mr. Grumpy (on the answering machine): Go away!
(The phone beeps and Little Miss Bossy is heard on the other end. Mr. Grumpy puts his fingers in his ears due to how loud Little Miss Bossy is)
Miss Bossy (over the phone): Hey! Since when do you have an answering machine!?
Mr. Grumpy: Humph!
Miss Bossy (over the phone): Pick up the phone, Mr. Grumpy!
Mr. Grumpy: Oh!
Miss Bossy (over the phone): Mr. Grumpy!! Oh, forget it.
(Little Miss Bossy is heard hanging up. Mr. Grumpy takes his fingers out of his ears)
Mr. Grumpy: I think I like this answering machine business.
(The viewers see Mr. Bounce on Mr. Grumpy's TV. Mr. Bounce is shown holding a fish hook with a lure on the end)
Mr. Bounce (on the TV): It is very important to have patience when going after the brook trout. It also helps to have a fat, juicy fly on the end of your line! Mmmm!
(The scene cuts back to Mr. Grumpy. Mr. Grumpy's phone starts ringing and on the id part of the phone, it is revealed that Mr. Nosey is calling Mr. Grumpy)
Mr. Grumpy: Mmm!
(The answering machine picks up Mr. Nosey's phone call)
Mr. Grumpy (on the answering machine): Go away!
(The phone beeps and Mr. Nosey is heard on the other end)
Mr. Nosey (over the phone): Uh...hello there, Mr. Grumpy! It's Mr. Nosey! I know you're there because I can see your car in the driveway!
Mr. Grumpy: (grumbles)
(Mr. Grumpy gives an annoyed look upon learning that Mr. Nosey has been spying on him)
Mr. Nosey (over the phone): Why aren't you answering your phone?
Mr. Grumpy: (sighs) Because I'm watching my fishing program! Huh!
Mr. Small (over the phone): Great McGillicuddy! He's home but not answering his phone? Uh, perhaps we should go over there and make sure nothing is wrong!
(Mr. Grumpy freaks out when he hears this)
Mr. Grumpy: No!!!
Mr. Nosey (over the phone): Gosh! Good idea, Mr. Small.
Mr. Grumpy: No! No!
(Mr. Grumpy picks up his phone in desperation and panic)
Mr. Grumpy: Bad idea! Bad idea!
(Mr. Small and Mr. Nosey arrive and open the door)
Mr. Small: We came as soon as we could!
(Mr. Nosey walks over to Mr. Grumpy and notices what he is watching)
Mr. Nosey: Oh! Is that the fishing channel?
(Mr. Nosey sits down in Mr. Grumpy's chair and pushes Mr. Grumpy onto the arm of the chair)
Mr. Grumpy: (grunts)
(Mr. Small walks over and sits on the floor)
Mr. Small: We don't get that channel at our house.
Mr. Grumpy: Fine! You can stay for five minutes. But no talking during my program!
(Mr. Grumpy's phone is heard ringing. On the id part of the phone, it is revealed that Mr. Messy is the one calling)
Mr. Small and Mr. Nosey: Oh!
Mr. Nosey: Um, aren't you gonna answer that?
Mr. Grumpy: No!
(The phone beeps and Mr. Messy is heard on the other end)
Mr. Grumpy (on the answering machine): Go away!
Mr. Messy (over the phone): Hiya, Mr. Grumpy! It's me, Mr. Messy. I was wondering if you had any mustard I could borrow.
(Mr. Nosey gets up and Mr. Grumpy fall over onto his chair)
Mr. Nosey: Ooh!
Mr. Grumpy: Oh!
Mr. Nosey: I'll go check!
(Mr. Nosey heads over to the kitchen to find Mr. Grumpy's mustard)
Mr. Grumpy: Stay out of my fridge, you!
(Mr. Small picks up Mr. Grumpy's phone)
Mr. Small: Good tidings, Mr. Messy.
Mr. Grumpy: D'oh! Will you hang up that phone?
Mr. Small: My associate is...
(Mr. Nosey is shown looking through Mr. Grumpy's refrigerator for the mustard. Throwing food around as he searches)
Mr. Small (offscreen): Rummaging through Mr. Grumpy's refrigerator...
Cat (offscreen): (screeches)
(The scene cuts back to Mr. Small)
Mr. Small: As we speak!
(Mr. Grumpy takes the phone from Mr. Small and hangs it up)
Mr. Grumpy: I don't intend to supply mustard to the entire neighbourhood!
(Mr. Grumpy grabs Mr. Small by the arm and starts pushing him to the door)
Mr. Small: D'oh!
Mr. Grumpy: If you don't mind, I'm trying to watch my program.
(Someone is heard opening the door and Mr. Messy is revealed to be outside)
Mr. Messy: So can I borrow your mustard or what?
(Little Miss Bossy pushes Mr. Messy aside and barges into Mr. Grumpy's living room)
Mr. Messy: Oy!
Miss Bossy: Who said you could have a party and not invite me!?
Mr. Grumpy: I'm not having a party, Miss Bossy.
Mr. Nosey (offscreen): Found the mustard!
Miss Bossy: Ooh!
(Mr. Nosey is shown wearing an apron, holding a spatula in one hand, and a plate full of beanburgers in the other)
Mr. Nosey: And I grilled up some beanburgers if anyone's hungry.
(The scene cuts back to Mr. Grumpy, Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Messy, and Mr. Small)
Mr. Messy: Now that's what I'm talking about!
(Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Messy, and Mr. Small run over to get a beanburger. Mr. Grumpy spins around for a moment before recovering)
Mr. Grumpy: It's invasion of the dodo birds!
(Mr. Small, Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Messy, and Mr. Nosey are shown eating beanburgers. Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Small, and Mr. Nosey are sitting in Mr. Grumpy's chair while Mr. Messy is sitting on the floor. The door is heard opening and Mr. Grumpy turns around in shock)
Miss Helpful (offscreen): Hello, Mr. Grumpy.
Mr. Grumpy: (growls)
(Little Miss Helpful is shown in the doorway without her bumbag)
Miss Helpful: Did you find my bumbag lying around here?
(The scene cuts back to Mr. Small, Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Messy, and Mr. Nosey)
Miss Helpful (offscreen): Ooh!
Mr. Small: Come! Join the party, Miss Helpful!
(Little Miss Helpful walks over to Mr. Small, Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Messy, and Mr. Nosey)
Miss Helpful: Why, thank you! I do love a party!
(Little Miss Helpful sits down on the floor and enjoys a beanburger. Mr. Grumpy gets even more frustrated)
Mr. Grumpy: Grrr....THIS IS NOT A PARTY!!
Miss Bossy: Get out of my way, Mr. Grumpy! I can't see the TV!
(Little Miss Bossy changes the channel to Little Miss Naughty playing an electric guitar while Little Miss Scary is singing "Rock the Bones" by Little Miss Scary)
Mr. Grumpy: Rrrgh!
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Dinosaurs on the loose🎵
Mr. Small: Hey!
(Everyone finishes their beanburgers and starts dancing to the song. With Mr. Small dancing on Mr. Grumpy's head)
Mr. Small and Mr. Nosey: (incoherent noises)
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Better rock the bones🎵
(Little Miss Helpful stops dancing to talk to Mr. Grumpy)
Miss Helpful: I told you your new phone would make it very popular!
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Rock the bones!🎵
Mr. Grumpy: This is all your fault, Miss Helpful!
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Dinosaur is coming at you!🎵
(Mr. Grumpy and Little Miss Helpful walk over to Mr. Grumpy's phone)
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Better rock the bones🎵
Mr. Grumpy: If it wasn't for this new fangled phone of yours...
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Rock the bones!🎵
Mr. Grumpy: I'd be here...
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵You wanna...get out of his way!🎵
Mr. Grumpy: By myself...
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵but then you're nothing but prey today!🎵
Mr. Grumpy: Enjoying my fishing program!!
(The camera zooms out to show Mr. Small, Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Messy, and Mr. Nosey dancing)
Mr. Small and Mr. Nosey: (incoherent noises)
(The door is heard falling over and Mr. Strong and Mr. Noisy are shown in the doorway)
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Gotta rock!🎵
Mr. Strong: Uh...
Mr. Noisy (through his megaphone): We heard you were having a party, Bish Bash Bosh!
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Rock the bones!🎵
Mr. Grumpy: Crooked cucumbers!
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Rock the bones! Rock the bones!🎵
(Mr. Grumpy starts leaving. Mr. Noisy and Mr. Strong start dancing with everyone else)
Mr. Grumpy: I'm leaving!
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Dinosaur is fast on his feet!🎵
(Mr. Grumpy's telephone rings. Mr. Grumpy then returns with a mallet and smashes the new phone with it before walking away)
Mr. Grumpy: Telecommunication vastly overrated!
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Rock the bones!🎵
(Mr. Nosey and Little Miss Helpful (who were dancing before Mr. Grumpy destroyed his telephone) just watch Mr. Grumpy walk away)
Mr. Grumpy: Telecommunication, vastly overrated!
(The screen fades to black and the scene transitions to the next bumper. A squirrel is shown on a telephone pole. Mr. Scatterbrain is shown working as a telephone repair man and is raised up in the ladder basket. Mr. Scatterbrain tickles the squirrel under the chin and brings out three more squirrels from inside the ladder basket. Mr. Scatterbrain places the squirrels on the telephone pole to keep the other squirrel company and the ladder basket lowers Mr. Scatterbrain away. The screen fades to black and transitions back to the original four-way split screen with Little Miss Chatterbox in quadrant 1, Little Miss Scary in quadrant 2, Mr. Bump in in quadrant 3, and Mr. Noisy in quadrant 4. All four of them are talking to each other on the telephone but now Little Miss Scary is calling on her Scare-o-Phone)
Narrator: So you see...
(Mr. Bump hangs up his phone. The split screen becomes a three-way split screen with Little Miss Chatterbox in section 1, Little Miss Scary in section 2, Mr. Noisy in section 3)
Narrator: The good people of Dillydale rely on their telephones...
(Little Miss Scary hangs up her Scare-o-Phone. The split screen becomes a two-way split screen with Mr. Noisy in the bottom half and Little Miss Chatterbox in the top half)
Narrator: As a way to stay in touch with one another!
(Both Mr. Noisy and Little Miss Chatterbox hang up their phones and the screen move in towards Little Miss Chatterbox's part of the screen)
Narrator: And while there are some people....
(Little Miss Chatterbox hugs her phone)
Narrator: Who couldn't live without a phone...
(The scene fades to Mr. Grumpy fishing on a calm stream in a small boat)
Narrator: There are others who would be happy never to have to talk on a phone again!
(A phone is heard ringing)
Mr. Grumpy: Ah! Humph!
(The camera zooms out to reveal Mr. Rude riding on an inner tube talking to Little Miss Chatterbox on his cellphone)
Mr. Rude: (laughs)
Mr. Grumpy: (grunts)
(Mr. Grumpy, fed up with phones, throws his fishing hat into the water in anger. The screen fades to black and the episode ends)
Deleted Scene[]
(The scene begins when Little Miss Scary pops up in her orange cyclops mask to scare the viewers)
Miss Scary: Rawr!
(Little Miss Scary takes off her mask and tosses it aside)
Miss Scary: (laughs and snorts) Scared ya, didn't I? But if you think that's scary...
(The camera zooms out to show a telephone with a scary face on it)
Miss Scary: Wait till you see my new, "Miss Scary's Scare-a-Phone!"
(The Scare-a-Phone is shown on a swirling background)
Miss Scary (voiceover): This telephone is guaranteed to terrify!
(The scene cuts to Little Miss Scary and Mr. Nervous. Little Miss Scary destroys Mr. Nervous' old phone and replaces it with a "Scare-a-Phone")
Miss Scary: All you do, is plug it in and wait for your first call.
Mr. Nervous: But I liked my old phone way much better.
Miss Scary: Yeah! But did your own phone do this?
(The "Scare-o-Phone" shrieks and starts ringing)
Mr. Nervous: (screams) Great howling beast! Uh!
Miss Scary: Go ahead, Mr. Nervous! Answer it!
(Little Miss Scary pushes Mr. Nervous over towards the "Scare-o-Phone". Mr. Nervous reluctantly picks up the phone and bats fly out of it)
Bats: (screeching)
Mr. Nervous: OH NO!! (screams)
(The bats chase after Mr. Nervous)
Miss Scary: (laughs) And the fun doesn't stop there!
(The scene cuts back to the Scare-a-Phone on the swirling background. Except this time, the "Scare-a-Phone" is ringing)
Miss Scary (voiceover): Each "Scare-a-Phone" comes in with a built-in answering machine...
(The scene cuts back to Little Miss Scary)
Miss Scary: Made just for you!
(Little Miss Scary brings Mr. Nervous back over)
Miss Scary: Listen!
(Mr. Nervous starts trembling)
Mr. Nervous: (wfimpering)
Scare-o-Phone: Mr. Nervous isn't home right now. He's being attacked by space monsters! Who are gonna get you next!
Mr. Nervous: Oh no! (sighs)
(Mr. Nervous faints)
Miss Scary: (laughs and snorts) So buy my "Scare-a-Phone" today!
(The scene cuts back to the Scare-a-Phone ringing on the swirling background for a moment)
Miss Scary: And remember...if it isn't scary, it isn't fun!
(Little Miss Scary puts her orange cyclops mask back on for a moment)
Miss Scary: (laughs)
(The screen fades to black)
US Transcript[]
Mr. Men and Little Miss: The Mr. Men, The Mr. Men, The Mr. Men, The Mr. Men!
(Scene swaps to Mr. Tickle tickling lots of Mr. Men and Little Misses and goes all the way to Mr. Bump and Miss Whoops on a plane and tickles Miss Whoops causing Mr. Bump to fall into the "O" in the logo)
Mr. Bump: The Mr. Men Show!
(A big blue screen comes up with "Telephone" written on it with Mr. Grumpy standing next to a telephone, who created the episode underneath, and the sound of a telephone ringing that is quickly picked up by Mr. Quiet is heard)
Mr. Quiet (voiceover): Uh-huh?
(Incoherent chatter is heard)
Mr. Quiet (voiceover): That's right.
(Incoherent chatter is heard)
Mr. Quiet (voiceover): Wow, you said it.
(The episode begins with a telephone ringing)
Narrator: Ah, telephones! What would we do without them?
(Mr. Noisy picks up the telephone and a four-way-split-screen forms with Little Miss Chatterbox in quadrant 1, Little Miss Scary in quadrant 2, Mr. Bump in in quadrant 3, and Mr. Noisy in quadrant 4. All four of them are talking to each other on the telephone)
Narrator: Every day, the Mr. Men and Little Misses...
(Mr. Bump is shown falling down a manhole and almost leaves his phone behind, but Mr. Bump manages to hold onto the edge long enough to grab his phone before falling down)
Narrator: Use their phones to...
(The scene cuts to a split screen featuring Mr. Small and Mr. Nosey saying hello to each other inaudibly over the telephone)
Narrator: Say hello to friends,
(The scene cuts to a split screen featuring Mr. Messy and Mr. Fussy. On Mr. Messy's side of the screen, his sink is broken and spewing water that is flooding the room he is in. This, in turn is causing water to leak into Mr. Fussy's side of the screen and ruining his wall due to them sharing a duplex)
Narrator: Find out what's going on,
(The scene cuts to a split screen featuring Mr. Tickle and Little Miss Daredevil. On Little Miss Daredevil's side of the screen, she is inaudibly telling Mr. Tickle about an award she just won. Mr. Tickle then pushes his phone through his telephone and tickles Little Miss Daredevil through her phone)
Narrator: Or share some good news!
(The scene cuts to Mr. Grumpy sitting in his armchair with the phone ringing on a little table next to him)
Narrator: Everyone loves getting a phone call!
(Mr. Grumpy gets so fed up with his telephone ringing that he smashes it with a mallet and walks away)
Narrator: Well, almost everyone.
(The scene cuts to the Dillydale Theater. Outside, there is promotion for a piano concert performed by Mr. Fussy)
Narrator: Of course, there are times when talking on the phone is appropriate. And there are times when it's not.
(The scene cuts to inside the Dillydale theater. A crowd of Mr. Men and Little Misses have come for the concert. Some Mr. Men and Little Misses, like Mr. Quiet, Mr. Lazy, Little Miss Scary, Mr. Bounce, Mr. Messy, Mr. Small, Mr. Nosey, Mr. Scatterbrain (who has brought Bunko the Monkey with him), Little Miss Whoops, Little Miss Naughty, Mr. Quiet, and Little Miss Magic are eagerly waiting for the concert to begin. Others, like Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Bump, Mr. Nervous, and Little Miss Daredevil are reading the concert's playbill. The last person in the audience is Mr. Rude, who is sipping a fountain drink)
Miss Sunshine (voiceover): Welcome to the Dillydale Theater! This is Miss Sunshine!
(Mr. Rude sips his drink loudly, to the annoyance of Little Miss Bossy)
Miss Sunshine (voiceover): Remember, no food or drink is allowed in the theater!
(Mr. Rude tosses his drink aside. The drink lands in the seat next to Mr. Quiet. It opens up and Mr. Quiet is soaked by the beverage)
Miss Sunshine (voiceover): As a courtesy to others, please turn off all cellphones at this time!
(Bunko the Monkey and Mr. Scatterbrain are shown turning off their cellphones. Mr. Messy is also shown turning off his cellphone. Mr. Rude is shown hitting himself in the face in annoyance)
Mr. Rude: (sighs) I can't be bothered!
(The lights dim and the audience is heard clapping as the scene cuts to the stage. The curtain goes up)
Miss Sunshine (voiceover): And now, please give a warm welcome...
(The lights at the stage turn on and show Mr. Fussy about to perform a piano recital for the audience)
Miss Sunshine (voiceover): To Mr. Fussy!!!
(Mr. Fussy waves to both the viewer and the audience. Everyone except for Mr. Rude, Mr. Grumpy, and Bunko applaud for Mr. Fussy. Back at the stage, Mr. Fussy stretches his fingers and starts playing the piano)
Mr. Fussy: (humming)
(Just as Mr. Fussy starts playing, a cellphone is heard ringing. Mr. Fussy hits his head on the piano in shock)
Mr. Fussy: D'oh!
(Mr. Fussy looks towards the audience in anger. Mr. Rude takes out his cellphone and tries answering it, but accidentally drops it. Mr. Quiet picks up Mr. Rude's phone for him and Mr. Bounce, Little Miss Scary, Mr. Bump, Little Miss Daredevil, and Mr. Nosey glare at Mr. Quiet thinking that it's his cellphone. Mr. Quiet tosses Mr. Rude's cellphone back over to him)
Mr. Quiet: Not my phone, I swear!
(Mr. Fussy facepalms himself in frustration. He tries to resume his performance when Mr. Rude's phone rings again. Disturbing him and causing Mr. Fussy to fall off the stool he was sitting on due to the shock. Little Miss Naughty and Mr. Bounce glare at Mr. Rude as he picks up his phone)
Mr. Rude: (clears his throat)
(Mr. Rude answers his cellphone. Mr. Quiet tries to avoid being blamed by shielding his face)
Mr. Rude: (sighs) What do you want, Miss Chatterbox?
(A split screen between Mr. Rude and Little Miss Chatterbox appears. Little Miss Chatterbox is shown sitting on her couch)
Miss Chatterbox: Hi, Mr. Rude! What are you doing?
Mr. Rude: I am at...
(The split screen disappears as the scene cuts back to Mr. Fussy)
Mr. Rude (offscreen): A ridiculous concert!
(Mr. Fussy stops playing for a moment before resuming)
Miss Chatterbox (over the phone): I can't believe you went to a concert without me!
(Mr. Fussy stops playing the piano)
Miss Chatterbox (over the phone): I love concerts!
(Mr. Fussy starts banging his fists on the piano)
Miss Chatterbox (over the phone): Maybe not as much as pencil erasers...
(Mr. Fussy bangs his fists so hard that the fallboard falls on his head. The scene cuts back to the split screen and Mr. Rude's cellphone is heard ringing again)
Mr. Rude: I'm getting another call. Goodbye!
(Mr. Rude hangs up on Little Miss Chatterbox and the split screen goes away)
Mr. Rude: Hello? Hello!? Oh, speak up! I cannot hear you!
(Mr. Quiet is shown as the one calling Mr. Rude. Mr. Quiet does his best to be discreet, but the others notice)
Mr. Quiet: Please stop talking on the phone. You're disturbing everyone!
Mr. Rude: I don't know who this is, but you have some nerve calling me in the middle of a concert!
(Mr. Rude hangs up on Mr. Quiet)
Mr. Quiet: I'm just saying.
(The camera zooms out to show the angry concert patrons surrounding Mr. Quiet. They all turn to him to shush him)
Mr. Bounce, Miss Scary, Miss Magic, Mr. Nosey, Miss Whoops, and Miss Daredevil: Shhh!!
(Mr. Fussy stretches out his fingers and starts playing the piano again when Mr. Rude's cellphone rings again. Disturbing Mr. Fussy and everyone else in attendance. Mr. Rude takes out his phone to see that Little Miss Chatterbox sent him a picture of herself and Featherbrain in shower caps)
Mr. Rude: Why is she send me a picture of her bird?
(Mr. Rude deletes the picture. Mr. Rude's cellphone rings again and Little Miss Chatterbox is heard as the caller)
Miss Chatterbox (over the phone): So you got the picture of Featherbrain?
(Mr. Fussy starts hitting his head on the piano in frustration)
Miss Chatterbox (over the phone): Isn't she cute? Bet you've never seen a picture of a parrot in a shower cap before!
(Mr. Quiet gets an idea and uses a fishing pole with a magnet on the end of his line to take Mr. Rude's cellphone away from him)
Mr. Rude: I am not impressed!
(Mr. Quiet uses some force but is successful with getting Mr. Rude's cellphone away from him)
Miss Chatterbox (over the phone): (giggles) Did I ever tell you about the time she tried to make toast? (giggles) That was really funny!
(Mr. Strong arrives and shines his flashlight on Mr. Quiet)
Mr. Strong: Uh...yo, Mr. Quiet. I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you to leave. You're disturbing the concert.
Mr. Quiet: Me? But this is Mr. Rude's phone!
Mr. Strong: Sorry, Mr. Quiet. But you gotta leave!
(Mr. Strong rips Mr. Quiet's seat out of the floor)
Mr. Strong: (grunts)
(Mr. Quiet accidentally throws Mr. Rude's phone across the room as he is carried away)
Mr. Quiet: Woah!
(Mr. Rude's phone lands in the strings of Mr. Fussy's piano. Breaking a few in the process)
Miss Chatterbox (on the phone): Is that you, Mr. Fussy? (giggles) Oh, weird! I was just talking to Mr. Rude a minute ago!
Mr. Fussy: (sobs)
(With his concert ruined, the upset Mr. Fussy runs off the stage. The scene cuts back to the audience)
Mr. Rude: (sighs) Why do I waste my time with these idiotic concerts?
(Mr. Rude gets up from his seat)
Mr. Rude: I'll give you a concert!
(Mr. Rude farts in Little Miss Bossy's face as he leaves the theater)
The rest of the Mr. Men and Little Misses: Mr. Rude!!!!!!!
(Little Miss Bossy passes out in disgust)
Miss Bossy: Mmmm! Oof!
(The first bumper plays. A squirrel is shown on a telephone pole. Mr. Quiet is shown working as a telephone repair man and is raised up in the ladder basket. He gestures for the squirrel to come to him. The squirrel does more than that. The squirrel attacks Mr. Quiet, throws him onto the telephone pole, takes the helmet Mr. Quiet was wearing and leaves him stranded on the telephone pole. The screen fades to black and the next scene begins. Little Miss Scary pops up in her orange cyclops mask to scare the viewers)
Miss Scary: (growls)
(Little Miss Scary takes off her mask and tosses it aside)
Miss Scary: (snorts and laughs) Scared ya, didn't I? But if you think that's scary...
(The camera zooms out to show a telephone with a scary face on it)
Miss Scary: Wait till you see my new, "Miss Scary's Scare-a-Phone!"
(The Scare-a-Phone is shown on a swirling background)
Miss Scary (voiceover): This telephone is guaranteed to terrify!
(The scene cuts to Little Miss Scary and Mr. Nervous. Little Miss Scary destroys Mr. Nervous' old phone and replaces it with a "Scare-a-Phone")
Miss Scary: All you do is plug it in and wait for your first call.
Mr. Nervous: But I liked my old phone way much better.
Miss Scary: Yeah! But did your own phone do this?
Scare-o-Phone: (shrieks)
(The "Scare-o-Phone" starts ringing)
Mr. Nervous: Oh! Great howling beast!
Miss Scary: Go ahead, Mr. Nervous! Answer it!
(Little Miss Scary pushes Mr. Nervous over towards the "Scare-o-Phone". Mr. Nervous reluctantly picks up the phone and bats fly out of it)
Bats: (screeching)
Mr. Nervous: OH NO!!
(The bats chase after Mr. Nervous)
Miss Scary: (snorts and laughs) And the fun doesn't stop there!
(The scene cuts back to the Scare-a-Phone on the swirling background. Except this time, the "Scare-a-Phone" is ringing)
Miss Scary (voiceover): Each "Scare-a-Phone" comes in with a built-in answering machine...
(The scene cuts back to Little Miss Scary)
Miss Scary: Made just for you!
(Little Miss Scary brings Mr. Nervous back over)
Miss Scary: Listen!
(Mr. Nervous starts trembling)
Scare-o-Phone: Mr. Nervous isn't home right now. He's being attacked by space monsters! We're gonna get you next!
Mr. Nervous: Oh! Ack! Eeh!
(Mr. Nervous faints)
Miss Scary: (snorts and laughs) So buy my "Scare-a-Phone" today!
(The scene cuts back to the Scare-a-Phone ringing on the swirling background for a moment)
Miss Scary: And remember...if it isn't scary, it isn't fun!
(Little Miss Scary puts her orange cyclops mask back on for a moment)
Miss Scary: (snorts and laughs)
(The screen fades to black. The next scene shows telephone wires covered by a kite, some birds, and the branch of a tree. The wires covered by the tree branch are shown to have been severed and one is being played with by another bird)
Narrator: The phones in Dillydale usually work marvelously. But sometimes, lines get broken and must be fixed!
(Mr. Tickle and Mr. Bump arrive driving a telephone repair truck)
Narrator: Which is why being a phone line repair person is such an important job!
(Mr. Bump and Mr. Tickle exit the truck and walk over to the telephone poles)
Mr. Bump: Yep! Line's broken, Mr. Tickle.
(The scene cuts to the bird playing with the broken line before flying away. The line sparks when the ends come in contact with each other)
Mr. Bump (offscreen): Looks like that tree branch must have hit the line!
(Mr. Tickle gets an idea)
Mr. Tickle: I know, Mr. Bump! Why don't I just tickle the telephone line back together?
Mr. Bump: Please! This repairs gonna need more than just a tickle!
(Mr. Bump starts walking back to the truck)
Mr. Tickle: Then how about I give you a tickle?
(Mr. Bump is shown in the ladder basket of the aerial lift)
Mr. Bump: G'uh, now's not a good time! All of Dillydale is counting on us to fix that phone line!
(Mr. Tickle is shown inside the truck looking at the controls)
Mr. Bump (offscreen): Now remember, lift me up...
(The scene cuts back to Mr. Bump)
Mr. Bump: Nice and slow!
(The scene cuts back to Mr. Tickle)
Mr. Tickle: Sure thing!
(Mr. Tickle slowly pulls on one of the levers)
Mr. Tickle: Nice and slow.
(The aerial lift lifts Mr. Bump up to the broken phone line)
Mr. Bump: That's good, Mr. Tickle!
(Mr. Bump takes out a set of wire cutters. The scene cuts back to Mr. Tickle)
Mr. Tickle: I wonder what happens when you tickle these controls?
(Mr. Tickle tickles the controls. This causes the aerial lift's ladder basket to dump Mr. Bump out of itself)
Mr. Bump: Woah!
(Mr. Bump lands on the windshield. This causes Mr. Tickle to stop tickling the controls)
Mr. Bump: Oof!
(Mr. Bump slides off the windshield)
Mr. Bump: Ow.
(A princess telephone spins and zooms onto the screen before reversing and disappearing. Complete with a ringing sound effect. This transitions the scene to Mr. Bump showing Mr. Tickle a walkie-talkie)
Mr. Bump: Now let's try this again.
(The camera zooms in on Mr. Tickle and Mr. Bump)
Mr. Bump: Only this time, if you're going to tickle anything, call me on this walkie-talkie and warn me first!
(Mr. Bump gives Mr. Tickle the walkie-talkie before walking back over to the aerial lift)
Mr. Tickle: You got it, Mr. Bump!
(Mr. Bump is shown holding a walkie-talkie as he climbs back into the ladder basket of the aerial lift)
Mr. Bump: (gulps)
(Mr. Tickle slowly raises Mr. Bump to the damaged telephone wires. The scene cuts to Mr. Tickle inside the truck)
Mr. Bump (over the walkie-talkie): That's perfect, Mr. Tickle!
Mr. Tickle: I know a walkie-talkie that needs a you-know-what!
(Mr. Tickle starts tickling the walkie-talkie and, unintentionally, kicks the controls as he does)
Mr. Tickle: (laughs)
(As Mr. Bump is about to use the pliers to cut the telephone wire from the tree branch, the aerial lift starts spinning Mr. Bump in a jerky motion due to Mr. Tickle's kicking of the controls. Mr. Bump ends up dropping the pliers and the walkie-talkie (the latter he ends up recovering)
Mr. Bump: Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah! Woah!
(The scene cuts back to Mr. Tickle)
Mr. Bump (over the walkie-talkie): Hands on controls! Woah! Ow! Ooh!
(Mr. Tickle realizes what he did and stops tickling the walkie-talkie)
Mr. Bump (over the walkie-talkie): Hands on controls!
Mr. Tickle: Sorry about that, Mr. Bump!
(Mr. Tickle pulls a lever. The scene cuts to a dizzy and nauseous Mr. Bump back in the aerial lift. A rat scurries along the broken telephone line)
Rat: (squeaks)
(Mr. Bump sees the rat)
Mr. Bump: Phew!
Rat: (roars)
(The rat attacks Mr. Bump)
Mr. Bump: Woah!
(Mr. Bump falls out of the aerial lift's ladder basket again. Mr. Bump and the rat land on the windshield. Surprising Mr. Tickle)
Mr. Bump: Oof!
Mr. Tickle: Done already?
(Mr. Bump and the rat slide down the windshield)
Mr. Tickle: That was fast!
(A princess telephone spins and zooms onto the screen before reversing and disappearing. Complete with a ringing sound effect. This transitions the scene to Mr. Bump (now with his arm and leg in a cast and a bandage on his face hobbling over the the aerial lift with a saw in his uninjured hand. Mr. Tickle is inside the truck)
Mr. Bump: Okay! Up we go!
(Mr. Bump shouts over his shoulder)
Mr. Bump: And remember, no tickling!
Mr. Tickle: Not even a little good luck tickle?
(Mr. Bump gets into the ladder basket of the aerial lift)
Mr. Bump: No! But once we're done, you can tickle all you want.
(Mr. Tickle grabs the lever)
Mr. Tickle: Yay!
(Mr. Tickle throws the lever and Mr. Bump is launched to the branch)
Mr. Bump: Too fast! Too fast!
(Mr. Bump reaches the branch)
Mr. Bump: Phew!
(Mr. Bump starts sawing the branch when two baby birds pop up in a next resting on the branch)
Baby Birds: (chirping)
Mr. Bump (offscreen): Oh! Hello birdies.
(The camera zooms out to show Mr. Bump in the aerial lift's ladder basket)
Mr. Bump: Don't mind me. I'm just going to move your nest so that I can trim this branch.
(Mr. Bump becomes scared upon seeing that the mother bird is a very angry vulture)
Baby Birds: (chirping)
Mother Vulture: (squawks)
Mr. Bump: Mr. Tickle!
(Mr. Tickle is shown listening to music on noise-cancelling headphones and is unable to hear Mr. Bump)
Mr. Bump (offscreen): I've got a situation up here!
(The mother vulture grabs Mr. Bump with her talons)
Mr. Bump: (gasps) Oh!
(The mother vulture flies Mr. Bump out of the aerial lift's ladder basket)
Mr. Bump: Woah! No!
Mr. Bump (offscreen): P-too! Oh! Hold it!
(The scene cuts back to Mr. Tickle listening to his music in the truck)
Mr. Bump (offscreen): No! No! No! Don't! Don't! Don't! (screams)
(Mr. Bump lands on the windshield for the third time. This causes Mr. Tickle to realize what is going on)
Mr. Bump: Woah-oh!
(Mr. Bump slides off the windshield. The scene cuts outside to show Mr. Bump lying on the ground)
Mr. Bump: (moans)
(Mr. Tickle walks over)
Mr. Tickle: I know what you need!
(Mr. Tickle tickles Mr. Bump)
Mr. Tickle and Mr. Bump: (laughs)
Mr. Bump: (groans and laughs)
(The screen fades to the next bumper. A squirrel is shown on a telephone pole. Mr. Strong is shown working as a telephone repair man and is raised up in the ladder basket. Mr. Strong scratches his head trying to think of a way to get the squirrel off the telephone pole. Mr. Strong gets an idea and breaks the pole the squirrel is sitting on from the power lines. Mr. Strong is lowered back down holding the part of the telephone pole he just broke off with the squirrel still on it. The screen fades to black and transitions to the next scene. The scene begins with Mr. Scatterbrain sitting on some telephone wires along with some squirrels)
Narrator: These days, telephones can do all sorts of things.
(The camera pans over to Mr. Grumpy's house. Telephone wires are shown connected to it)
Narrator: Of course, fancy phones aren't for everyone.
(The scene cuts to inside Mr. Grumpy's house where Little Miss Helpful is showing Mr. Grumpy a new telephone she got for him)
Mr. Grumpy: What is it, Miss Helpful?
Miss Helpful: It's a telephone, silly! I heard about your old one!
(The camera cuts over to the telephone Mr. Grumpy destroyed with a hammer at the beginning of the episode. Then the scene cuts back to Mr. Grumpy and Little Miss Helpful)
Mr. Grumpy: Stuff happens, Miss Helpful.
Miss Helpful: Oh! Don't you worry, Mr. Grumpy. I'm sure you'll be very happy with this new phone! It lets you know who's calling and has a built-in answering machine.
(The camera zooms in on the telephone)
Miss Helpful: So people can leave messages.
(The camera zooms to show Little Miss Helpful and Mr. Grumpy)
Miss Helpful: This phone will change your life! You'll become very popular.
Mr. Grumpy: Why would I want that?
Miss Helpful: Oh, you're funny! Now go ahead and record a message that everyone will hear when they call.
(Little Miss Helpful pushes a button on the telephone)
Mr. Grumpy: Go away!
Miss Helpful: Hmmm. Maybe you'd like to try that again. Only this time, a little more cheery?
Mr. Grumpy: That's all the cheer you're gonna get from me today.
(The scene cuts to Mr. Grumpy's fish-themed clock. It is revealed to be two o'clock. The scene cuts back to Mr. Grumpy and Little Miss Helpful)
Mr. Grumpy: Look, it's time for my favorite fishing show and I don't want to miss it!
Miss Helpful: No problem!
(Little Miss Helpful gives Mr. Grumpy the new phone)
Miss Helpful: You enjoy your TV show and your new phone!
(Little Miss Helpful leaves and Mr. Grumpy carries his new phone over to the little table next to his armchair)
Mr. Bounce (on the TV): This week, we'll go after the crafty brook trout.
(Mr. Grumpy puts his phone down on the table, sits down in his armchair, and starts watching TV)
Mr. Bounce (on the TV): And show you just how you can catch a big one of your own!
(Mr. Grumpy's phone starts ringing)
Mr. Grumpy: Who's calling me?
(Little Miss Bossy's image is shown on the id part of the phone)
Mr. Grumpy (offscreen): Miss Bossy?!
(The screen zooms out to show Mr. Grumpy)
Mr. Grumpy: Huh, I don't think so!
(The answering machine picks up Little Miss Bossy's phone call)
Mr. Grumpy (on the answering machine): Go away!
(The phone beeps and Little Miss Bossy is heard on the other end. Mr. Grumpy puts his fingers in his ears due to how loud Little Miss Bossy is)
Miss Bossy (over the phone): Hey! Since when do you have an answering machine!? Pick up the phone, Mr. Grumpy! Mr. Grumpy!! Forget it.
(Little Miss Bossy is heard hanging up. Mr. Grumpy takes his fingers out of his ears)
Mr. Grumpy: I think I like this answering machine business.
(The viewers see Mr. Bounce on Mr. Grumpy's TV. Mr. Bounce is shown holding a fish hook with a lure on the end)
Mr. Bounce (on the TV): It is very important to have patience when going after the brook trout. It also helps to have a fat, juicy fly on the end of your line! Mmmm!
(The scene cuts back to Mr. Grumpy. Mr. Grumpy's phone starts ringing and on the id part of the phone, it is revealed that Mr. Nosey is calling Mr. Grumpy. The answering machine picks up Mr. Nosey's phone call)
Mr. Grumpy (on the answering machine): Go away!
(The phone beeps and Mr. Nosey is heard on the other end)
Mr. Nosey (over the phone): Oh! Hey there, Mr. Grumpy! It's Mr. Nosey! I know you're there because I can see your car in the driveway! (chuckles)
(Mr. Grumpy gives an annoyed look upon learning that Mr. Nosey has been spying on him)
Mr. Nosey (over the phone): Why aren't you answering your phone?
Mr. Grumpy: Because I'm watching my program! Huh-huh!
Mr. Small (over the phone): Great McGillicuddy! He's home but not answering his phone? Perhaps we should go over there and make sure nothing is wrong!
(Mr. Grumpy nonverbally freaks out when he hears this)
Mr. Nosey (over the phone): Gee! Good idea, Mr. Small.
Mr. Grumpy: No! No!
(Mr. Grumpy picks up his phone in desperation and panic)
Mr. Grumpy: Bad! idea! Bad! Bad idea!
(Mr. Small and Mr. Nosey arrive and open the door)
Mr. Small: We came as soon as we could!
(Mr. Nosey walks over to Mr. Grumpy and notices what he is watching)
Mr. Nosey: Ooh! Is that the fishing channel?
(Mr. Nosey sits down in Mr. Grumpy's chair and pushes Mr. Grumpy onto the arm of the chair. Mr. Small walks over and sits on the floor)
Mr. Small: We don't get that channel at our house.
Mr. Grumpy: Fine! You can stay for five minutes. But no talking during my show!
(Mr. Grumpy's phone is heard ringing. On the id part of the phone, it is revealed that Mr. Messy is the one calling)
Mr. Nosey: Uh, aren't you gonna answer that?
Mr. Grumpy: No!
(The phone beeps and Mr. Messy is heard on the other end)
Mr. Messy (over the phone): Hiya, Mr. Grumpy! It's me, Mr. Messy. I was wondering if you had any mustard I could borrow.
(Mr. Nosey gets up and Mr. Grumpy fall over onto his chair)
Mr. Nosey: Ooh! I'll go check!
(Mr. Nosey heads over to the kitchen to find Mr. Grumpy's mustard)
Mr. Grumpy: Stay out of my refrigerator!
(Mr. Small picks up Mr. Grumpy's phone)
Mr. Small: Good tidings, Mr. Messy.
Mr. Grumpy: D'oh! Will you hang up that phone?
Mr. Small: My associate is...
(Mr. Nosey is shown looking through Mr. Grumpy's refrigerator for the mustard. Throwing food around as he searches)
Mr. Small (offscreen): Rummaging through Mr. Grumpy's refrigerator...
Cat (offscreen): (screeches)
(The scene cuts back to Mr. Small)
Mr. Small: As we speak!
(Mr. Grumpy takes the phone from Mr. Small and hangs it up)
Mr. Grumpy: I don't need to be supplying mustard to the neighbo(u)rhood!
(Mr. Grumpy grabs Mr. Small by the arm and starts pushing him to the door)
Mr. Grumpy: Now if you don't mind, I'm trying to watch my program.
(Someone is heard opening the door and Mr. Messy is revealed to be outside)
Mr. Messy: So can I borrow your mustard or what?
(Little Miss Bossy pushes Mr. Messy aside and barges into Mr. Grumpy's living room)
Miss Bossy: Who said you could have a party and not invite me!?
Mr. Grumpy: I'm not having a party, Miss Bossy.
Mr. Nosey (offscreen): Found the mustard!
(Mr. Nosey is shown wearing an apron, holding a spatula in one hand, and a plate full of beanburgers in the other)
Mr. Nosey: And I grilled up some beanburgers if anyone's hungry.
(The scene cuts back to Mr. Grumpy, Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Messy, and Mr. Small)
Mr. Messy: Now that's what I'm talking about!
(Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Messy, and Mr. Small run over to get a beanburger. Mr. Grumpy spins around for a moment before recovering)
Mr. Grumpy: It's invasion of the dodo birds!
(Mr. Small, Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Messy, and Mr. Nosey are shown eating beanburgers. Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Small, and Mr. Nosey are sitting in Mr. Grumpy's chair while Mr. Messy is sitting on the floor. The door is heard opening and Mr. Grumpy turns around in shock)
Miss Helpful (offscreen): Hey there, Mr. Grumpy.
(Little Miss Helpful is shown in the doorway without her fanny pack)
Miss Helpful: Did you find my fanny pack lying around here?
(The scene cuts back to Mr. Small, Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Messy, and Mr. Nosey)
Mr. Small: Come! Join the party, Miss Helpful!
(Little Miss Helpful walks over to Mr. Small, Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Messy, and Mr. Nosey)
Miss Helpful: Why, thank you! I do love a party!
(Little Miss Helpful sits down on the floor and enjoys a beanburger. Mr. Grumpy gets even more frustrated)
Mr. Grumpy: THIS IS NOT A PARTY!!
Miss Bossy: Get out of my way, Mr. Grumpy! I can't see the TV!
(Little Miss Bossy changes the channel to Little Miss Naughty playing an electric guitar while Little Miss Scary is singing "Rock the Bones" by Little Miss Scary)
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Dinosaurs on the loose🎵
(Everyone finishes their beanburgers and starts dancing to the song. With Mr. Small dancing on Mr. Grumpy's head. Little Miss Helpful stops dancing to talk to Mr. Grumpy)
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Better rock the bones🎵
Miss Helpful: I told you your new phone would make it very popular!
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Rock the bones!🎵
Mr. Grumpy: This is all your fault, Miss Helpful!
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Dinosaur is coming at you!🎵
(Mr. Grumpy and Little Miss Helpful walk over to Mr. Grumpy's phone)
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Better rock the bones🎵
Mr. Grumpy: If it wasn't for this new fangled phone of yours...
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Rock the bones!🎵
Mr. Grumpy: I'd be here...
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵You wanna...get out of his way!🎵
Mr. Grumpy: By myself...
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵but then you're nothing but prey today!🎵
Mr. Grumpy: Enjoying my fishing show!!
(The camera zooms out to show Mr. Small, Little Miss Bossy, Mr. Messy, and Mr. Nosey dancing. The door is heard falling over and Mr. Strong and Mr. Noisy are shown in the doorway)
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Gotta rock!🎵
Mr. Strong: Aw pickles!
Mr. Noisy (through his megaphone): We heard you were having a party, Cha Cha Cha!
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Rock the bones!🎵
Mr. Grumpy: Crooked cucumbers!
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Rock the bones! Rock the bones!🎵
(Mr. Grumpy starts leaving. Mr. Noisy and Mr. Strong start dancing with everyone else)
Mr. Grumpy: I'm leaving!
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Dinosaur is fast on his feet!🎵
(Mr. Grumpy's telephone rings. Mr. Grumpy then returns with a mallet and smashes the new phone with it before walking away)
Miss Scary (on the TV): 🎵Rock the bones!🎵
(Mr. Nosey and Little Miss Helpful (who were dancing before Mr. Grumpy destroyed his telephone) just watch Mr. Grumpy walk away)
Mr. Grumpy: Ooh! Die-ie-da-da-da-dite!
(The screen fades to black and the scene transitions to the next bumper. A squirrel is shown on a telephone pole. Mr. Scatterbrain is shown working as a telephone repair man and is raised up in the ladder basket. Mr. Scatterbrain tickles the squirrel under the chin and brings out three more squirrels from inside the ladder basket. Mr. Scatterbrain places the squirrels on the telephone pole to keep the other squirrel company and the ladder basket lowers Mr. Scatterbrain away. The screen fades to black and transitions back to the original four-way split screen with Little Miss Chatterbox in quadrant 1, Little Miss Scary in quadrant 2, Mr. Bump in in quadrant 3, and Mr. Noisy in quadrant 4. All four of them are talking to each other on the telephone but now Little Miss Scary is calling on her Scare-o-Phone)
Narrator: And so you see...
(Mr. Bump hangs up his phone. The split screen becomes a three-way split screen with Little Miss Chatterbox in section 1, Little Miss Scary in section 2, Mr. Noisy in section 3)
Narrator: The good people of Dillydale rely on their telephones...
(Little Miss Scary hangs up her Scare-o-Phone. The split screen becomes a two-way split screen with Mr. Noisy in the bottom half and Little Miss Chatterbox in the top half)
Narrator: As a way to stay in touch with one another!
(Both Mr. Noisy and Little Miss Chatterbox hang up their phones and the screen move in towards Little Miss Chatterbox's part of the screen)
Narrator: And while there are some people....
(Little Miss Chatterbox hugs her phone)
Narrator: Who couldn't live without a phone...
(The scene fades to Mr. Grumpy fishing on a calm stream in a small boat)
Narrator: There are others who would be happy never to have to talk on a phone again!
(A phone is heard ringing. The camera zooms out to reveal Mr. Rude riding on an inner tube talking to Little Miss Chatterbox on his cellphone)
Mr. Rude: (laughs)
(Mr. Grumpy, fed up with phones, throws his fishing hat into the water in anger. The screen fades to black and the episode ends)