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"Robin Hood the Clean" is an episode of The Backyardigans from the third season. CharactersSummary"Sway to Countrypolitan music as Robin Hood the Clean of Purewood Forest (Pablo) sets out to free the villagers of Filthingham from the rule of Mayor Austin Stinkypants!" PlotThe episode begins with Uniqua, Tyrone, and Tasha sitting miserably in a mud puddle in the backyard. They are all covered with mud. They say hi to the viewer and say that they are villagers of Filthingham, the dirtiest, stinkiest, and grossest village in the whole world. They also say that they love to bathe, but even that they're not allowed to because of Austin, aka Mayor Stinkypants. Austin, who is also covered in mud, then walks up to them and orders them to get back in the mud. The trio begs him for at least one bath, but Austin reminds them of the rule - "Everything is filthy in Filthingham," so all four characters sing, "Everything is Filthy in Filthingham." After the song, Austin says that it’s the day of "the Festival of Dirt." The other three Backyardigans are upset, but pretend to be excited so Austin’s feelings wouldn’t be hurt. The backyard transforms into Filthingham, where the trio is forced to participate in the Festival of Dirt. Stinkypants tells the trio what to do to prepare, and orders everyone to get to work, and leaves. Tyrone then shows Tasha and Uniqua that he has the last bar of soap in Filthingham right in his hands, which makes the girls happy. Tasha mentions that the whole town used to smell good when a hero named Robin Hood the Clean lived there, but Uniqua says he's not allowed to come back due to Mayor Stinkypants. After hearing a trumpet signaling the Mayor's return, Tyrone quickly hides the soap. But when Stinkypants walks up to the villagers, he smells something clean on Tyrone. He grabs Tyrone's soap with a dirty rag. The others beg Mayor Stinkypants to let them keep the one bar of soap, but he silences them and says that anything clean must be locked up in the dungeon. He goes to the castle and chucks it in the dungeon with the other cleaning supplies. The other Backyardigans see all the other cleaning items and Tyrone sees his Rubber Ducky. They even see Robin Hood's bath mitt, Mitty, whom Tyrone says that's who could clean up Filthingham. Stinkypants appears and tells them to never speak of Robin Hood the Clean, because Robin Hood scares him, and orders them to get back to work for the Festival of Dirt. The villagers cannot take any more of being dirty. They then sing "We Wish We Could Wash." After the song ends, Tyrone is determined to find Robin Hood to make Filthingham clean again and begins to head out to Purewood Forest to find him. The girls warn Tyrone about Stinkypants, saying that he might catch Tyrone leaving, but Tyrone says that he has a very sneaky walk. After sneaking past Stinkypants, he makes it to Purewood Forest. He calls for Robin Hood, and Robin Hood, played by Pablo, pops up from out of a tree behind Tyrone, startling him. He then cleans Tyrone with a sponge on a stick, but is surprised that he wants to get clean. Tyrone asks Robin Hood to return to Filthingham to make it clean again, but Robin Hood refuses. Tyrone tells him that his favorite bath mitt is also locked in there, which shocks Robin Hood. Robin Hood wants to get started as soon as possible, so they then sing "Robin Hood the Clean." Before they head back into Filthingham, Tyrone explains to Robin Hood that he must disguise himself as a villager and sneak in to return the villagers' cleaning supplies. Robin Hood is unsure if he can do it, but Tyrone reminds him of Mitty, and Robin Hood reluctantly tells Tyrone to give him the cloak. As they head in, Pablo asks Tyrone where the key is, and Tyrone says that it’s in Mayor Stonkypant’s stinky pants. Pablo tells Tyrone to distract Stinkypants while he grabs the key. Tyrone distracts Stinkypants, saying that he doesn’t look filthy enough for the festival of dirt. Austin then makes Tyrone dirtier by putting mud on his face. Robin Hood uses his grabber to try and steal the key to the Dungeon, but pulls out the Mayor’s dirty rag instead. Seeing this, Tyrone tries to distract the Mayor again, and Robin Hood successfully pulls out the key. Promising to free the villagers from the dirtiness, he runs into the castle. Meanwhile, the Festival of Dirt is starting. Tyrone whispers to the girls about Robin Hood, and they are thrilled. As the Mayor goes on about the festival, he explains that if the villagers lose to him, they'll be locked into the Stinky Booth, and then dunk them into a pool of stinky mud, grossing out the Villagers. The first event is the Mudball Toss. The one to throw a mud ball closest to the yellow spot in the middle wins. Uniqua throws from a few feet away and misses the yellow point by a few inches. Stinkypants runs a to the target to a blue line directly in front of the target, Uniqua says he can't throw from that close. Stinkypants answers that he can because there are two lines on the ground, the red one is for villagers, and the blue one is for mayors. The villagers are furious at him for playing dirty, which means cheating. But the Mayor doesn't listen and throws from about an inch away and gets the ball into the center of the target. Uniqua, because of unfair loss, is thrown into the Stinky Booth. Tyrone is worried and asks Tasha where Robin Hood is. Back in the castle, Robin Hood smells the cleaning items behind the wall. He knows there might be a hidden door behind all the mud on the walls, so he scrubs away the mud with a sponge stick to find it. Next is the Mud Pie Balancing Contest. The rules are that the first person to drop the mud pies on their head loses. Tasha has many pies stacked and can't keep her balance together, so she loses; then Stinkypants reveals that he glued his pies together because mayors are allowed to do that. Due to her unfair loss, Tasha goes to the Stinky Booth to join Uniqua. Tyrone is the only Cillager left. Back inside the castle, Robin Hood finally finds the Dungeon door and finds Mitty. He throws off the glass dome over Mitty and hugs it, saying how much he missed Mitty. He places Mitty on his hand and then speaks in a cartoony voice as Mitty, saying “I missed you too.” Robin Hood then says that his work isn’t done, and starts getting the cleaning supplies out of the dungeon. Finally, it is time for the Long Mud Jump. The rule is whoever jumps farther over the mud pit than Stinkypants wins. If Tyrone wins, he wins and his friends go free. As Tyrone backs up to go fast enough to jump up high, Robin Hood has gotten out of the castle and starts cleaning the fountain, and fresh clean water starts squirting out of it. Cut back to Tyrone, who makes a long jump (but lands and faceplants), but then Stinkypants says that he meant a short jump, and he jumps for a very short distance and explains that mayors are allowed to change the rules. Tyrone is then sent to the Stinky Booth, where all the losers will be dunked. Just as Stinkypants about to pull the lever, Robin Hood shouts “Stop!” Mayor Stinkypants looks over and is horrified to see that the fountain is sparkling clean. He demands to know what Pablo has done to the fountain. Robin Hood says that he’s cleaned it up and rips off his robe disguise. He then orders Stinkypants to let the villagers go so they can finally be clean, but Stinkypants tells him that nobody is allowed to be clean in Filthingham, not even Robin Hood. He then grabs mud balls and throws them at Robin Hood, but Robin Hood deflects them with his sponge stick. Then Stinkypants throws mud pies at him, but Robin Hood defends himself with a sponge. He grabs a soap and runs after Stinkypants to clean him. While doing it, he summersaults in front of the Mayor, which causes Mitty to fall off his hand. Stinkypants grab it and order Robin Hood to surrender. But Robin Hood retrieves Mitty and holds Mitty out to him. He makes Mitty's voice as he says, "Hello. I'm Mitty. I love you!" Stinkypants is terrified and tries to walk away backward from the mitt until he trips over the edging of the fountain and falls into the water, getting clean. Robin then frees the villagers from the Stinky Booth, and they jump into the fountain. Stinkypants is completely disgusted with his clean appearance, but Uniqua and Tyrone tell him that baths are fun. Now reunited with his rubber ducky, Tyrone lends it to Stinkypants, and he realizes it too and seems to forget how good being dirty is. He then renames the Festival of Dirt to the Festival of Soap as the five friends sing "The Festival of Soap" while they clean the whole town. Stinkypants's stomach growls, so he proclaims that it is snack time. Robin Hood invites everyone to his house for oatmeal raisin cookies as the village of Filthingham turns back into the backyard. The five friends sing the end song as they all run into Pablo's house for oatmeal raisin cookies. Uniqua, Tyrone, and Tasha open the door after entering and yell, "We're clean!" before closing the door, ending the episode. Roles
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Video Backyardigans - 56 - Robin Hood the Clean Goofs
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