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"It's Great to Be a Ghost!" is an episode and a Halloween special of The Backyardigans from the first season. It is also recognized as the very first episode of the entire series to be released on DVD in the United States.

Characters

Summary

"Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone are ghosts, haunting an old house to the sounds of '20s-style jazz. When unsuspecting Tasha drops by, they really put their scaring skills to the test!"

Plot

Pablo was in the backyard, where he introduces himself to the viewers as a ghost and scares them! Pablo then sings, "It's Great to Be a Ghost!". Later, Uniqua and Tyrone come out of Uniqua's House and enter the backyard to play hide-and-go-seek. Pablo sneaks behind and scares them. He explains to them that he's a ghost. Uniqua decides to become a ghost and asks Tyrone if he wants to be a ghost too. Tyrone is reluctant, as he's nervous about being a ghost. The three friends sing a reprise of "It's Great to Be a Ghost!" encouraging him to join them. The backyard transforms into a dark, misty landscape, which is a haunted house.

The ghosts approach the haunted house. Pablo tries to open the door, but it's locked. Then he rings the doorbell, but no one answers. Uniqua floats through the door to enter the house. Pablo does the same as her. Tyrone refuses to float through the door. The three friends negotiate for a while until Tyrone finally tries it, wherein he succeeds. The three ghosts then tell each other that they should practice scaring. Pablo floats into a painting as Uniqua and Tyrone try to find him. The two friends scream as Pablo scares them by coming out of the painting. Uniqua goes to the living room, she turns invisible, and scares the two boys by picking up a candlestick. Tyrone is about to practice, but the doorbell rings, and the three friends predict it is an unsuspecting stranger. The three friends open it and they realize that the stranger is Tasha. The three friends shouted "Boo!" but she was not frightened.

Tasha tells her three friends she is not afraid of ghosts while singing "What's So Scary 'Bout That?". The three ghosts tell her their plan is scaring her and have been trying to since she told them she fears nothing. The three friends suggest playing "Hide and Go Boo" (which it's a ghost version of Hide-and-Go-Seek) to prove that she is not afraid of ghosts. They sing "Hide and Go Boo" as they enter hiding places, but Tyrone could not find a place that was not taken. Tasha finds Pablo in a painting, and Pablo does not scare her.

Tasha enters the library and finds a "floating" book. Uniqua is actually holding it, but she is invisible. Tasha tries to take the book, and the two girls fight over it until Uniqua gives up and exposes herself. Meanwhile, Tyrone is upstairs. Tyrone sings "When I'm Booin'" as he explains that he probably will lose the game. Tyrone puts his hand on a wall. The wall slides into a bedroom, and Tyrone accidentally falls under a white sheet. Tyrone looks in the mirror and thinks that a ghost is after him. After a few tests, Tyrone realizes he is the "ghost."

Uniqua, Pablo, and Tasha walk upstairs. Then there was trouble: the wall slides, and Tyrone scares his three friends. Tasha pushes Uniqua and Pablo over and runs. Uniqua and Pablo follow. Tyrone chases the his three friends. Uniqua and Pablo float through the door to escape, but Tasha is left inside. Tasha runs into a door and she screams. The sheet falls off Tyrone as Uniqua and Pablo enter again. The two friends tell Tasha that there is no ghost: only Tyrone.

Tasha admits that she was afraid of Tyrone. Pablo tells them that it is great to be in a haunted house. A spooky voice responds, saying, "It's great to be a ghost!" so Pablo nervously invites his three friends over for apples at his house. The rest of the gang accepts and they and Pablo run out of the haunted house as it transforms back into the backyard. After singing the end song, the four friends enter Pablo's house, and Tyrone opens the previously closed door and shouts, "Boo!", scaring Tasha who screams in the background, before reclosing it.

Roles

Songs

Trivia

  • This is the official very first episode of the series:
    • To be released to home video in the United States.
    • Where Tasha, Uniqua and Tyrone went to Pablo's House for a snack.
  • This is the first episode nobody's stomachs growling in the end of the episode.
  • Pablo's quote "Let's see what kind of spooky stuff is inside the haunted house!" was jokingly altered into him saying, "Why aren't we alive?" and became a meme.
  • Austin is absent in this episode for the fourth time in this episode. The first three times in the episode were "The Yeti", "The Snow Fort" and "Secret Mission".
  • This episode marks the fourth Season 1 episode where Austin is absent. The first three times in the episode were "The Yeti", "The Snow Fort" and "Secret Mission"
  • This is the second Season 1 episode where Pablo doesn't have a panic attack. The first Season 1 episode one was The Yeti and the third Season 1 episode will be Monster Detectives.

Goof

  • When the backyard transforms into the haunted house, most of Pablo's left leg faces out and disappears.
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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"
"The Funnyman Boogeyman" • "Break Out!" • "The Action Elves Save Christmas Eve" • "Robot Rampage" • "The Amazing Splashinis" • "Follow the Feather" • "Los Galacticos" • "The Magic Skateboard" • "Pablor and the Acorns" • "Elephant on the Run" • "The Flipper" • "The Big Dipper Diner" • "For the Love of Socks!" • "The Tale of the Not-So-Nice Dragon" • "Super Team Awesome" • "Dragon Express" • "Catch that Train!" • "Attack of the 50 Foot Worman" • "Flower Power"
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