Planning

The Potato Stand

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Donkey Hodie and Purple Panda set up a potato stand in the puppet world of Someplace Else to share Donkey's home-grown potatoes with the neighbours. They try a potato call, a song and a disco dance, but every neighbour already has potatoes and complains about the long job of washing, drying and sorting them. The friends change their plan and use Grampy's potato washer-dryer-sorter-dumper machine to do that chore for everyone instead. The neighbours are grateful, and Donkey ends the day feeling potato proud, just like Grampy.

A Lot of Hot!

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On a sweltering day in the puppet town of Someplace Else, Donkey Hodie decides to cool everyone down by opening a lemonade stand with her friend Duck Duck. Duck Duck wants to follow a careful step-by-step plan, but Donkey rushes ahead her own way, grabs an enormous lemon, and ends up with no lemonade and a wrecked stand. Duck Duck is hurt that Donkey did not listen, so Donkey finds her, apologizes, and admits the plan would have worked. Together they follow the plan, make the lemonade, and cool down the whole town.

Cheesy Con

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Donkey Hodie and Purple Panda plan an exciting day at CheesyCon, a cheese celebration, but Donkey sprains her hoof and a doctor advises her to rest at home. Determined to be a helpful friend, Panda stays with her and brings the event to her instead, with a cheese sing-along, a puppet play, and a pretend visit from Captain Cheese. Along the way he tries and abandons ideas that do not work, like carrying her, before landing on one that does. The episode ends with Donkey calling Panda the most helpful hero as the two sing a cheese song together.

The Yodel Birds Are Coming

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Donkey Hodie and her friends Bob Dog, Duck Duck and Purple Panda wait for the yodel birds to fly past their hills. They discover the birds never sing here because they are too tired from the long journey, so the friends decide to build a rest nest where the birds can stop. The two building teams keep rushing and their tower falls down, until they learn to slow down and sort the blocks by size. The nest is finished, the yodel birds rest, and they finally yodel before continuing their trip.

Stargazing

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Eddie, a boy whose favourite thing is space, gets ready to go stargazing in his garden and is joined by his friend Akeel. A guiding voice walks him through each step: choosing a clear spot, setting out chairs, a torch and binoculars, dressing warmly, waiting for dark and turning off lights, then looking up at stars, planets and constellations. Eddie shares facts and is reminded to check whether Akeel has any questions. When it is time to stop, Eddie is reluctant, but Akeel reassures him he can stargaze again, and the episode closes with a recap of the steps.

Class Pet

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In a colourful block-built neighbourhood, Bea and her friends run a kindness club. When classmate Priya is not chosen to take the class pet Andy home for the weekend, she is left disappointed. Bea and Lexi throw her a surprise pet party with a talking parrot, goats and hamsters, but the animals are too lively to cuddle. The friends finally remember Cleo the soft cat, and Priya ends the episode happily snuggling her.

Fruit Bat

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Bluey doesn't want to go to bed and wishes she could be a nocturnal fruit bat instead. Her parents move her through rocket ship play, a penguin bath, a bedtime story and lights out, while Mum sits beside her and suggests she try dreaming about being a fruit bat. Bluey then dreams of meeting her dad as a fruit bat on a football field, watching him score a try. She wakes the next morning, tells Mum about her dream, and asks for toast instead of fruit salad.

Wagon Ride

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Bandit pulls his daughters Bluey and Bingo, plus their toy giraffe Jasmine, in a red wagon through their suburban neighbourhood on the way to the monkey bars. Along the route Dad keeps stopping to chat with neighbours, and Bluey grows impatient and interrupts, so Dad teaches her to rest a hand on his arm and wait. Bluey practises the signal and succeeds, while Bingo invents a pretend bus when the wagon 'breaks down.' The episode ends with the family arriving at the monkey bars and Bingo still happily playing bus.

It's the Bot that Counts

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Doug, a robot boy, and his human friend Emma set out to cheer up Doug's grandmother Nana after she has to cancel her visit. Treating it like a secret-agent mission, they make a handmade card in four steps: turning old newspaper into fresh paper, writing a loving message, decorating it with a daisy and a painted starry sky, and travelling to the farm to deliver it. A goat grabs and chews the card along the way, but they bring it anyway. Nana is touched by the effort and tells them she feels loved and cared for.

Oona's Cave

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Young puffin Oona sets off to practice building her own burrow on the beach, wanting to do it alone like a grown-up puffin. When Mossy the shrew accidentally squashes it, Oona is upset and goes looking for a quiet cave to try again. Feeling bad, Mossy and Silky the seal pup make a plan and build her a new burrow, then bring her back. Oona forgives them, and the friends end the day sliding down the dunes together.

Astronaut Amrita

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The Helpsters, a team of puppets who run a problem-solving help shop, are asked by astronaut Amrita to deliver a birthday present to her friend Pete before she launches to the moon. They make a plan with four jobs, find out that Pete lives in a red house near the park, read a map, and give step-by-step directions to reach his door. Along the way they travel through a real city and ask neighbours for help. When they arrive, Pete opens the box to find a party, and the group celebrates completing their plan.

Last Day of Summer

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On the last day of summer vacation, a young llama plans to fly kites in the park with his friends Nellie, Luna and Euclid. When his kite rips he repairs it, and when rain arrives the group invents indoor summer with an indoor beach, indoor kite flying and a homemade sunset. Mama helps Llama Llama see that a changed plan can still be a good day. The sun returns, and everyone flies kites and watches the real sunset together from Grandpa and Graham's boat.

Copycat

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In this episode of Bluey, Bluey spends the morning copying everything her dad Bandit says and does. On his walk the family finds a hurt budgie, boxes it up with a tea towel and drives it to the vet, but the bird dies. Back home, Bluey stages a pretend replay of the whole event with Bingo and her mum, trying to make it end differently before accepting that some things cannot be changed. The episode closes with the copycat game quietly forgotten.

Singing Starlett

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The Helpsters, monsters who run a shop for solving problems, meet the Singing Starlet, who could not sleep because of construction noise and has a concert the next day. They make a plan and split into three jobs: a custom pillow, a bedtime story, and a bear to snuggle. Along the way they choose a pillow color by ruling out options, reorder the mixed-up pages of a knight-and-dragon story, and sort out which kind of bear she meant. She finally falls asleep, wakes up rested, and is delighted to find she can sing again.

Mama's New Job

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In the Bear family's treehouse home, Mama decides to turn her quilt-making talent into a real business and open the Bear Country Quilt Shop. At first Brother and Sister worry that things will change and that Mama will not be there to help them, but Papa reassures them and the cubs choose to take over Mama's household tasks instead. The family divides the chores, the cubs keep practising their own skills, and everyone pulls together. The episode ends at the shop's grand opening, with the family celebrating over supper at Bear Town Burger.

Rita Reader

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Rita Reader visits the helpsters Cody, Scatter and Heart because she dropped her favourite book in the bath and never learned how it ends. The team makes a three-part plan, goes to a large public library, and with a librarian's help sorts books by make-believe versus real, then by space theme, then by the cactus, lasso and balloon on the cover. They find a fresh copy of 'Sunny Rodeo Space Cowboy' and read the finale, in which Sunny throws a second lasso to catch the cactus and save the balloon planet. The episode closes with the group singing softly in the library about high fives and handshakes.

Lights, Camera, Rosie

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Rosie Fuentes decides to make her own movie at home and takes on the role of director. She casts her younger brother as the camera operator and the family cat in a costumed part, then acts out a pretend detective story with hats, glasses and a treasure prop. When takes do not go to plan, Rosie keeps adjusting her ideas until the film is finished. The episode ends with the family watching the completed movie together on their TV.

The New Park

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Rosie, a curious girl, and her friends spend the day at a neighborhood park with a slide, swings and climbing equipment. When sharing the play space gets crowded, Rosie sets out to work out fair ways for everyone to take turns, using her imagination to picture how a park can serve a whole community. Her friends add their own ideas, and together they settle on a plan. By the end the children are playing together happily.

The Fallen Rocks

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On a calm Irish island, the young puffin Una and her baby brother Baba discover that fallen rocks have trapped their neighbour Bernie inside his grotto. Una gathers Mae the rabbit, Mossy the shrew and even the red crabs, and after a shaky start works out a plan so each animal moves rocks in the way they do best. Together they clear the pile and free Bernie, who happily heads straight back into his cave. A narrator guides the events and closes by praising the friends for their hard work.

Cody Gets a Cold

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The Helpsters, a group of colourful monster friends, run a shop where they solve problems together. When their friend Cody catches a cold, a human doctor named Dr. Devon examines her and advises rest, so the friends make a plan with three jobs: make Cody comfortable, give her something to drink, and help her rest. They work through each job by trying, checking and adjusting, from swapping blankets to squeezing orange juice in a repeated sequence. Cody rests, feels better, and the group celebrates with a song about how a plan made the difference.

Gatita Day

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Rosie, a young girl, spends the episode focused on a white cat named Gatita. Set mostly in and around her family home, she makes a plan to care for the cat and works through the problems that come up, such as a mess the cat leaves in a home office, with help from her father, grandmother and a family friend. Spanish words appear naturally alongside English throughout. The story wraps up with the situation resolved before the closing credits.

Find the Owls

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On Puffin Rock, the puffling Oona and her playful little brother Baba set out with Mossy the shrew for a food hunt, then meet Otto, a young owl searching for his hidden brother and sister so he can finally sleep. The friends team up, each using a different animal skill, and follow a trail of owl pellets through the meadows and burrows. After several false alarms, mostly caused by Baba stopping to play, they find Pip and Pop fast asleep in the long grass. Otto can rest and Mossy can go and eat, while Baba is ready to keep playing.

Treat Your Creature

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On Treat Your Creature Day, Pinecone sets out to celebrate her pony, Pony, and starts with his simple favorite things. After seeing Annabelle lavish fancy treats and a parade on her pony Paragon, Pinecone abandons the plan and throws an ever bigger, fancier party that Pony never wanted. She gets so caught up in it that she loses track of Pony entirely, then realizes what is special for one friend is not special for another. The two reunite, apologize, and end the day quietly wishing on shooting stars together.

Monster in the Garden

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Craig and his siblings spend a weekend at their grandparents' house, where granddad's vegetable garden is being mysteriously eaten. Craig teams up with granddad to build a fence and set traps, imagining the culprit is a shapeshifting monster. After each plan fails, he patiently watches the garden at night and discovers the real thief is a deer slipping through a hole in the fence. Grandma, a city councilwoman, calls to have the fence holes patched, and the mystery is solved.

Robbie & Rhonda Runner

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Cody and Heart run a shop where a team of Helpsters solves problems for visitors. Robbie and Rhonda Runner arrive because they have each won ten races and cannot tell who is faster, so the group makes a plan split into three jobs: find a place to race, make a ribbon prize, and get water. They turn the short track into a longer race by looping it twice, sort out a water mix-up, and hold the race. Rhonda crosses the line first while Robbie is celebrated as the best harmonica player, and the episode closes with a song about the difference a plan makes.

Square's Very Kind Gesture

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Square finds a rare banana tree with two bananas and decides to give one to his friend Circle so he can be known for a kind gesture. Each time he tries, Circle passes the spare banana on to Triangle, and Square ends up with neither the fruit nor the praise he hoped for. He waits for the tree to grow again, rehearses his plan, and keeps trying. By the end he finally eats one banana at a picnic, still weighing whether to share the other.