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"International Super Spy: Part 1" is an episode of The Backyardigans from the second season. It is part one of the first hour long special overall, and the thirty fourth episode to premiere in the United States. It also features a song by Cyndi Lauper.

Characters

Summary

"Expect the unexpected in this first ever double-length, jazz-filled, worldwide spy mission. Pablo is Agent Secret, a handsome super spy caught in a 1970s Jazzy around the world mission to find 3 different containers and foil the villainous Lady Uniqua in Pink and her hapless assistant Tyrone's recipe for trouble."

Plot

The first duology episode starts as Pablo is seen sitting on the picnic table, drinking from an apple juice box. He greets the viewer and introduces himself as "Agent Secret", a well-respected secret agent. He explains that he likes his juice boxes shaken. Pablo sings "International Super Spy" and then the backyard transforms into Spy Headquarters. Uniqua is spying on Secret.

In the headquarters, Secret's boss, Miss T., tells him he needs to retrieve three containers before the Lady In Pink, the most evil mastermind in the whole world, does. She explains how no one knows what is in the containers, but they are probably extremely dangerous. Miss T. tells Secret that the journey will be his most risky quest yet. Secret accepts the job, and heads to a pub in London to receive information from his secret contact, Austin.

Meanwhile, the Lady in Pink explains the situation to her henchman inside Big Ben. She shows Henchman Tyrone the containers and asks them if they're beautiful. Tyrone agrees, except he doesn't know what they are and asks Pink. She tells him that they're secret containers and yells "AND VERY SOON, THEY WILL BE MINE!" and evil laughs while Tyrone just watches, until Pink tells him to laugh with her since he's her henchman. Tyrone says "Oops! Sorry, boss" And laughs like Pink. As they both continue to laugh, Tyrone sits in a nearby chair, but the Lady in Pink notices, stops laughing, and yells out "Wait, don't sit there!" A metal restraint pops out of the chair and traps Tyrone's right hand. Another traps his left one. Finding himself trapped, Tyrone yells out, "Whoops" Pink with a remote control tells him that the chair he sat on, then got trapped in, is one of his evil booby trap chairs and uses the remote to free him. Tyrone says "Sorry, boss" but, Pink orders him not to call her boss because she's a lady, and he agrees. Pink tells Tyrone she has plans for the containers. Tyrone gets out of the chair and asks her if it's something evil, and she says "mm-hmm" Pink asks Tyrone to call it a recipe for disaster! But Tyrone asks her about the "International Super Spy Guy" Pink tells Tyrone not to make her laugh because Secret's no match for her, the Lady in Pink. She and Tyrone sing "Lady in Pink" as they discuss their plans.

Inside the pub, Secret is waiting to order. Austin approaches his table. Secret yells, "Hey! You're my secret contact!" Austin quickly covers his mouth. Secret orders a banana split, which turns out to be a PDA from Miss T. She tells him that the first container is hidden inside the glass building. Pink, who had been listening the entire time, decides to head out to the glass building as well.

Secret gets to the glass building first, and uses his hat (which doubles as a laser pointer) to enter the building. He realizes that the only way to activate the door containing the first container is to dance on an electronic mat, following the moves on a screen. After Secret retrieves the container, the Lady in Pink and Henchman Tyrone steal it. The three sing the first part of "Good and Bad Don't Mix". At the end of the song, Agent Secret takes the container back. Before Pink and Tyrone can steal it back, Secret jumps in his car, which transforms into a helicopter. Secret calls Miss T. and is instructed to visit a cafe in the mountains of Switzerland.

In Switzerland, Secret meets Austin again and orders a hot dog, which is another message from his boss. He is told to visit Dare-Dairy Farm to receive the second container. The Lady in Pink overhears this and quickly rushes to her snowmobile. They head to Dare-Dairy Farm.

Pink arrives at the farm before Secret. She orders Tyrone to stop anyone who tries to get into Dare-Dairy Farm and heads in. Secret disguises himself as a tree and walks over to Tyrone. He taps Tyrone on the shoulder, confusing him. Secret rushes into the farm as Tyrone tries to figure out who touched him.

The Lady in Pink notices that the hall is covered in booby traps. She escapes several trap doors and finds another dance mat. She dances, but she is interrupted by Secret, who activates the dance machine's multiplayer mode. The two characters repeat the moves on the screen in front of them until the container appears. The Lady in Pink tricks Secret into walking away and steals the container. Secret quickly notices that he has been outwitted and tries to grab it from the Lady in Pink's hands.

The Lady in Pink runs to her snowmobile and gets Tyrone to join her on the vehicle. Secret rushes to his car, transforming it into a snowmobile. He starts chasing her while singing "Good and Bad Don't Mix" again. Secret attempts to steal the container while drifting down a hill, but Pink grabs it back. They are bound to hit a snow mound. The episode fades to black and the mission will be continued after the break.

Roles

Songs

Trivia

  • This is the first part of the first duology episode.
  • This and part 2 of the special was the first of the entire series that runs over 46 minutes instead of the regular 24 minute runtime.
    • This is one out of 3 episodes in the series where the intro is different.
  • This and part 2 of this special is the only double length episode:
    • To be broadcast digitally via Nick Jr's streaming service "Paramount+".
      • This special was broadcast on Nickelodeon at 7:00 PM primetime on September 17, 2007.
  • This was also the last episode to air on the main Nickelodeon channel in the United States on April 29, 2013. Reruns continued on the Nick Jr. Channel until August 30, 2018.

Video

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The Backyardigans - International Super Spy Pt. 1-2

Pilots
"Me and My Friends" • Nick Digital pilot
"Pirate Treasure" • "The Heart of the Jungle" • "The Yeti" • "The Snow Fort" • "Secret Mission" • "It's Great to Be a Ghost!" • "Riding the Range" • "The Key to the Nile" • "Knights Are Brave and Strong" • "Viking Voyage" • "Castaways" • "Race to the Tower of Power" • "The Quest for the Flying Rock" • "Polka Palace Party" • "Surf's Up" • "Eureka!" • "Race Around the World" • "Monster Detectives" • "Cave Party" • "High Tea"
"Mission to Mars" • "Samurai Pie" • "Scared of You" • "Whodunit" • "The Legend of the Volcano Sisters" • "The Secret of Snow" • "The Swamp Creature" • "Horsing Around" • "Special Delivery" • "International Super Spy: Part 1" • "International Super Spy: Part 2" • "Movers of Arabia" • "Cops and Robots" • "Sinbad Sails Alone" • "Best Clowns in Town" • "Save the Day" • "Into the Deep" • "News Flash" • "Catch That Butterfly" • "A Giant Problem"
"Who Goes There?" • "Blazing Paddles" • "Garbage Trek" • "Fly Girl" • "What's Bugging You? " • "Chichen-Itza Pizza" • "To the Center of the Earth" • "Front Page News" • "Tale of the Mighty Knights: Part 1" • "Tale of the Mighty Knights: Part 2" • "Le Master of Disguise" • "Match on Mt. Olympus" • "The Great Dolphin Race" • "Caveman's Best Friend" • "Ranch Hands from Outer Space" • "Robin Hood the Clean" • "Escape from Fairytale Village" • "Pirate Camp" • "The Two Musketeers" • "The Masked Retriever"
"Robot Rampage: Part 1" • "Robot Rampage: Part 2" • "Catch that Train!" • "Attack of the 50 Foot Worman" • "Dragon Express" • "Flower Power" • "The Funnyman Boogeyman" • "Follow the Feather" • "Break Out!" • "The Action Elves Save Christmas Eve" • "Los Galacticos" • "For the Love of Socks!" • "The Flipper!" • "Elephant on the Run" • "The Magic Skateboard" • "Pablor and the Acorns" • "Super Team Awesome!" • "The Big Dipper Diner" • "The Amazing Splashinis" • "The Tale of the Not-So-Nice Dragon"