Rescue

The Big Kid Playground

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Jessica decides she is ready to leave the little kid playground and take on the big kid playground by herself, while her dad watches from a bench with snacks. She meets Stanley, a boy who plays at being a superhero, and he shows her the slides, jumping mushrooms and wiggly bridge, though she keeps slipping and falling. After nearly giving up, she remembers her dad's words about trying, then climbs up to rescue Stanley when he gets stuck too high. She ends proud of herself and asks to come back tomorrow to keep practicing.

Rosie's Rescue

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 3

Izzy lives on Magnetic Island in Australia with her family, who rescue and care for koalas. When a neighbour brings in a lost, dehydrated koala, Izzy and her wildlife doctor mum check her over, name her Rosie, and let her share resident koala Leia's enclosure for the night. Izzy then scouts three places on the island and tests leaf samples to find where Rosie will thrive. Rosie picks the leaf from near Izzy's school, so the family releases her there, and the episode closes with a goodbye and a safety message about hurt animals.

Rain Rescue

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Jessica, a young girl, plays in her backyard with her toy friend Small Uncle until Mommy warns that rain is coming and asks her to put her toys away. When Jessica realizes she forgot them outside, she launches a 'rain rescue,' gathering Harry the Hippo, Glow Glow Dino and Princess Priscilla while Mommy helps by radio as 'Commander Mommy.' Jessica braves wind, tall grass and puddles, then heads back out with an umbrella to save Small Uncle. The episode ends indoors with everyone dry and sharing hot cocoa.

The Magnetic Crane

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

A load of metal beams spills across the highway in Car City and traffic comes to a complete standstill. Ethan and the other trucks call in Carl the Super Truck, who returns to his base and is fitted with a magnetic crane arm. Back at the highway he sweeps the magnet over the road, accidentally lifting Deen along with the metal before switching it off and trying again more carefully. The collected metal goes into Ethan's dump bed and the cars start moving again.

The Renovation Truck

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Penny the plane is flying a large sweet delivery over Car City when her bag tears open and the whole load pours down onto a building site, burying Billy the bulldozer. Penny fetches Carl, who picks a new configuration in his underground base and arrives with a wrecking ball and a shovel. He knocks down the wall blocking his reach, digs Billy out, and then discovers his bucket is too small to carry all the sweets away. Billy joins in with his blade, the three finish the delivery together, and Penny thanks everyone before flying off.

The Pickup Truck

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Pikkel, a pink pickup truck, has had an accident on a city street and cannot get home. Tom the tow truck arrives and tries to pull her, but her heavy load makes it impossible, so he fetches Carl, who rebuilds himself into a large crane truck. Carl lifts Pikkel onto his flatbed and drives her across town, with careful lifting and lowering at both ends. Everyone thanks each other and Pikkel is set down safely outside her house.

The Ambulance

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Amber the ambulance is damaged and cannot work, and she is the only one in Car City who can treat the sick. Carl, a truck that can rebuild itself, transforms into a large ambulance and drives out to help. He reaches Tom, the yellow tow truck, takes his temperature, checks his throat and listens to his cough, then tells him he has a slight fever from working too hard. Tom is told to rest, thanks Carl, and the two say goodbye.

Welcome To Sheet Rock Hills

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Manny, a friendly handyman, and his talking tools are called by Mayor Rosa to fix a broken traffic light on Main Street in the town of Sheet Rock Hills. While they work, the pliers Squeeze slips away to grab a coin from a drain, hoping to help buy Manny some new gloves, and gets trapped underground. Manny and the tools weigh several ideas and work together to free her safely, then finish the repair so traffic can flow again. The mayor later surprises Manny with the gloves as a thank-you, which the whole group is eager to try on.

The Sun Truck

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Little Amber hurries through Car City on her way to the fair, where Jerry and the other small cars are choosing which ride to go on first. Just as they pick the Ferris wheel, the power at the fairground cuts out, and Tom cannot fix it alone. The group calls Carl, who returns to his workshop and is fitted with large solar panels. He drives to the fairground, unfolds the panels towards the sun, connects them to the power supply, and the rides light up again so the little cars can carry on.

Space Vacation

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 2

Matt the police car is stargazing through a telescope in Car City when he spots a UFO and sees that Rocky the rocket has fled in fright and run out of fuel. Carl transforms into Super Truck rocket form, counts down and launches into space to find him. He catches Rocky just before he flies into a meteor field, shares some of his own fuel, and the narration explains that the aliens had only wanted to help. Everyone returns to Car City, where the closing line notes that even an experienced traveller should always bring extras on a trip.

Saving Ayati

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 4

In a prehistoric jungle, a group of young dinosaur friends is playing games when their giant long-necked friend Ayati topples over and cannot get back up. Led by the inventive Mazu, they try one plan after another, tickling her, pulling with vines, and levering a boulder off a cliff, each of which fails. In the end they lure the enormous Gigantosaurus with a walnut, and he knocks the boulder loose in a way that finally lifts Ayati to her feet. The friends celebrate as Ayati heads home to the jungle before nightfall.

Puppet Theater

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 4

Dora, Kate and their friends are staging a free puppet show of the three little pigs for the children in their neighbourhood when Pablo accidentally sends the piggy puppets flying backstage. Dora and Kate follow them into Puppet World, a handmade fairy tale land where they help the seven dwarves, the gingerbread man, Rapunzel and Jack along the way. They reach Littlest Piggy in time to finish his brick house, using frosting in place of glue, and when the big bad wolf arrives he huffs, puffs and tumbles into the water. The group pulls him out, he apologises, blows the flattened houses back into shape, and joins the puppet show as its most dramatic performer.

Jane's Perfect Present

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 3

On a prehistoric western ranch, the Cassidy children build a shiny gemstone mobile as a surprise birthday gift for their mother, Ma. They hunt for the perfect gemstone with help from Teddy the pterodactyl, but a wild pterodactyl snatches the finished gift and flies off, and their rescue attempts fail. At the party the kids admit they lost the present and apologize, and Ma hugs them and explains that spending time together was all she ever wanted. The episode ends with the family singing and dancing at her birthday celebration.

Dee and the Ozberry Adventure

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 4

At her grandmother's summer camp, Dee is challenged to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich a new way to earn a badge, which sends her through a magic key into the land of Oz. In Strawland she and her friends Scarecrow and Tin are asked to protect the ozberries from the woohoo birds for the harvest feast. Scarecrow resists the traditional scaring method, and after the birds take the berries and carry Tin to their nest, he works out that the birds only want shiny things and offers to share decorations instead. The berries are returned, the feast goes ahead, and back at camp Dee makes her sandwich her own way and earns the badge.

Mayor Teeny

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 3

When the town playground falls into disrepair and the busy mayor cannot keep up, a child named Teeny is made 'mayor for the day' and quickly finds the job harder than it looks. As phone calls, a flooding water main and a runaway dog pile up, her friends Goldie and Romeo quietly rebuild the playground to cheer everyone up. The mayor returns, sets the mishaps right and thanks the children for reminding him to make time for fun. The episode ends with the whole group playing together on the fixed seesaw.

Speeder Surprise

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 4

Nash and RJ surprise the young Jedi Kai, Lys, and Nubs with custom speeders, and the friends ride out into the Tanu grasslands. There they meet a lost creature cub they name Zippy and set out to reunite him with his family before dark. Along the way Kai keeps ignoring his droid beepers, which leads to crashes and a stuck speeder, until he learns to listen. The friends free the speeder, make a careful jump across a ravine, and return Zippy to his family.

Pyramid Puzzle

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 3

Bob's construction crew in Lentestad starts building the new Spring City Pyramid, a stone structure that will house a museum exhibition. Crane Lifty, eager to test his new gripper, gets jealous when his colleague Uckie has already done most of the work, and while trying to help he accidentally seals the entrance with the last stone, trapping Bob, Wendy and curator Abid inside. The team works out which stone is the blocker, lifts the right one, and frees the group. They finish the pyramid together as a team and the mayor opens the exhibition.

Up, Up and Away

recommended age Unlock co-watching from 3

George visits Rankin's farm for blueberries and helps inflate Mrs. Rankin's hot-air balloon, then climbs aboard with the neighbor boy Bill. When the tether comes loose, the two float off across farmland, a lake and toward the sea while the Man with the Yellow Hat and Mr. Quint give chase by boat. George experiments with the burner, the sandbags and finally the vent, working out how to make the balloon descend. They land safely, and George even takes the bird photographs Bill had forgotten.