Perseverance

The Nest

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In a spring meadow, Little Nutbrown Hare and Little Field Mouse decide to build their own nest to play in. They gather twigs, leaves and grass and keep fixing it as it turns out too weak, too prickly and then too tight for them both. When it no longer suits them, they offer it to a squirrel, a fox and Big Nutbrown Hare before it finally becomes a home for a bird. They end the day playing with friends, deciding the whole meadow is their own great big nest.

Bobski Bounce

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Donkey Hodie is set on completing the Bobski Bounce challenge: bouncing on a ball ten times in a row to earn a place on the 'big board.' With her friend Bob Dog cheering her on, she tries again and again and falls every time. Bob Dog shares how he learned to balance a bone on his nose by keeping his head still and focusing on a tree, and Donkey realizes her own head has been moving. She focuses on a fixed point, bounces ten times in a row, and the friends celebrate with a song about learning from mistakes.

The Sheep Who Couldn't Sleep

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On a farm at night, Otis the tractor says goodnight to all the animals, then notices that Louie the sheep still cannot sleep. Otis tries counting sheep, which accidentally wakes the whole farm, then a lullaby, and finally works out that the bright full moon is the problem. He blocks the moonlight and adjusts it so it is not too dark, and Louie drifts off at last. Otis then heads to bed himself as the farm rests.

The Royal Sandcastle Builders

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At a sunny beach, King Friday sets out to build a royal sandcastle but keeps getting frustrated when it does not work. Donkey Hodie and Purple Panda join him as the Royal Sandcastle Builders and discover that each of them calms down a different way, by running in small circles, by playing the bongos, or by doing a slow stretch. Once they have managed their frustration, they work out that adding water makes the sand hold together. They finish a castle that looks just like King Friday's real one.

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.

Show and Tell

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Eddie, a young boy, learns it is his turn for show and tell at school and feels nervous about speaking in front of everyone. A friendly guiding voice walks him through it step by step: choosing his space helmet, thinking of five facts, practising at home with his mum and his toy, then giving the talk and answering his classmates' questions. When the questions pile up, he is reminded he can look to his teacher and take his time. He finishes his talk, gets a 'marshmallow clap' and says he is proud of himself.

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.

Practice Makes Purple

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In a bright city park, the purple dinosaur Barney and his friends Mel, David and Vivi spend the day playing soccer. Vivi decides she wants to quit because she thinks she is not good at it, so Barney invents a string of games, chasing pretend sharks, passing a bursting potato and aiming at a dragon, that are really soccer practice in disguise. When he reveals the trick, Vivi realizes she has been improving all along and happily gives soccer another try. Her grandmother Nona arrives, praises her skills, and the episode closes with a group dance and song.

Tigger Wants to Play All Day

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Tigger greets the child and wants to play, but his tail hurts so he cannot bounce. He works out other ways to have fun with a ball, kicking it, rolling it, and inviting the viewer to pretend to play along. When the ball bounces on its own he is thrilled to bounce again without his tail. He ends by thanking the child and waving goodbye until next time.

Save the Garden

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In a sunny town park, Vivi and her friends discover that Nona's garden has become tired and overgrown and decide to bring it back to life. When the job feels too big, the purple dinosaur Barney leads them through an imaginative adventure as butterflies and ladybugs, where they learn to move acorns one at a time to guide some squirrels away. They carry that lesson back to the garden, getting others to help with small steps until the whole space is restored. Nona returns to find it transformed and gathers the children into a grateful hug.

Fig Flies a Kite

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Fig, a young blue fox, finds a red kite among the curious objects in his boathouse and decides to make it fly. He carries it out to a sandy beach and an open grassy hilltop and tries different ways to get it airborne, gradually learning that he needs wind and movement to lift it. After several patient attempts he succeeds and watches the kite climb into the sky. Along the way he spends time with friends around the island.

Flood & Mud

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On a rainy day in the forest, Zack and Lily discover that rain has formed a stream washing away the town's roads, and with the construction Zerbies they try blocking it with dirt, then dig a pit to hold the water, and finally redirect the stream away from town. In the second story Zack and Rex play hide-and-seek, and Rex, a big yellow car, keeps failing to hide behind a rock and under sticks and leaves until he covers himself in mud and blends into the plants. Rex is crowned the hide-and-seek champion, and the friends head off to wash the mud away. Both stories are set entirely outdoors among real water, dirt and trees.

Missing Muffin

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Fig, a blue fox, discovers that a muffin has gone missing from his home, an old ship beached on a wooded island. With a magnifying glass in hand he turns detective and follows a trail of pink crumbs across sandy dunes and mossy forest clearings. Along the way he examines clues up close and gets help from his friends. The search ends happily when the muffin is found and the friends come together.

Construction Chaos

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Axle, Zack and the Construction Zerbies build a ramp that can launch Axle over both a tree branch and a mud puddle. Their first two tries fall short, one too low and one too steep, until they study both ramps and build one with a shape in between that works. In the second story, Zack and Rex try to be the first to solve Zerby Town's maze, get lost on the way out, and finally mark their path with a trail of rocks to find the exit. Both stories play out among toy cars in a real forest.

Lost Tooth

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Llama Llama has a wobbly first tooth that falls out and goes missing before he can put it under his pillow. With Mama Llama and a growing crowd of friends and neighbours, he retraces every place he visited that day, from the house and Luna's yard to the bakery and the park. After a long search with no luck, the tooth turns up inside Graham's flute, knocked loose earlier in the kitchen. The episode ends with Llama Llama placing the tooth under his pillow and waking to a surprise.

Rocks & Rolls

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Small toy cars with faces, including Zack, Axle, Rex and Lily, play in a real forest and sand pit. In the first story they get stuck in a large bowl dug into the sand and try several ways out before circling fast enough to escape. In the second they want to climb a big log, build a sand ramp that keeps collapsing, and learn that wetting the sand makes it firm enough to drive on. Both stories end with the cars succeeding and rolling off toward their next idea.

Diving Deeper

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Young puffin Una practises her diving on the pebbly beach while her baby brother Baba looks for a special pebble to help. When Una tries a deeper dive she cannot reach the pebble and feels everyone is watching, so her friend Silky the seal joins her and helps her spot it. Una takes a deep breath, dives down herself, and brings the pebble back up. The friends cheer, and the episode ends with the idea that it was good friend practice too.

Three Bite Rule

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Pete the Cat helps his friend Grumpy the toad, who refuses to eat anything but flies, learn the 'three-bite rule': try something at least three times before deciding if you like it. Guided by Pete's patience, Grumpy works through his fear, first watching others try new things, then finally tasting a banana at the school potluck. He dislikes the banana but is proud he tried, and goes on to sample cauliflower, egg burritos, acorns and French toast. The episode ends with Grumpy urging Pete to take his turn tasting flies.

Wayne of Wonder

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Wayne, a window washer, decides he wants to become a magician but does not know a single trick. The helpsters, a group of problem-solving monsters, make a three-step plan: find a magician, watch a trick, and learn to do it. They meet Dazzling Deandra at a laundromat, who teaches them about patterns and performs the Tube of Wonder before disappearing. By working out the hidden steps together, Wayne performs the trick himself and is invited to join Deandra's show.

Speed Boat

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Zack and Lily realise their friend Bob the boat has no garage, so they build him one, watch it sink and then drift away, and finally set it on rocks so it stays above the water while Bob settles in to sleep. In the second story, Zack and Axle keep flying off a sharp forest turn, and after trying brakes and a stop wall they shape a banked turn that lets them round the corner at speed. Both stories unfold in a real forest with a lake and trails, using sticks, rocks and leaves found on site. Each problem is solved through repeated attempts under the friends' 'try try again' approach.

Musical Mabels

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Cody and the Helpsters, monsters who love to solve problems, run a shop where a band called the Mabels arrives in a panic after a black hole swallows their instruments before a concert. The Helpsters make a plan, work out what each member plays, and build a washtub bass and bucket drums from everyday objects. When the singer loses his voice, a young fan named Scatter overcomes his nerves and sings in his place. The episode ends with the whole group performing together at the concert.

Make It Snow

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Three wombat siblings, Zadie, Malik and Zeke, want to play in snow, so after getting a small snow globe from Mr. E's Everything Emporium they set out to build a giant one. They borrow a greenhouse for the see-through top and a pool for the base, then test yarn, marshmallows and ping pong balls to find something that floats like snow. When each material fails, they keep adjusting until white tissue paper confetti finally swirls just right. The episode ends with the whole group, and a friend's stuffy birthday party, playing inside the finished snow globe, followed by closing credits and channel branding.

Cowboys and Librarians

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Noah reads a Spanish picture book to his pet mouse Coco, then realises the book is an overdue library loan and the library is about to close. He hails a taxi, but the Spanish-speaking driver mishears him and drops him at a ranch full of horses. Noah decides to ride a horse back into the city, learning to handle it along the way. He reaches the library just in time, returns the book, and picks up the Spanish word 'biblioteca'.

The Race

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Addy prepares for a cross-country race with help from her panda neighbour Stillwater and her siblings. She runs hard but loses to Asha, the fastest runner, and feels there is nothing to celebrate. Stillwater tells a version of The Tortoise and the Hare in which the tortoise races against himself, and Addy realises she set a personal best time. The siblings celebrate with smoothies and Asha comes over to congratulate her.

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom!

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Llama gets ready for the annual Fast Forward Derby Race and worries that his plain scooter cannot compete with his friends' upgraded rides. With Grandpa, he digs out and restores an old scooter that once won the same race decades ago. On race day the course brings bumps and mishaps, and Llama does not win, ending in a tie between Nelly and her baby brother. Mama and Grandpa remind him the race was about having fun and spending time together, and the family heads home for more pancakes.

All Tangled Up

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In the town of Pinkville, a delivery mix-up brings balls of yarn instead of flower bulbs for the annual Flowerfest. Pinkalicious and her brother Peter rally the townspeople to use up the yarn by making crafts, learning to knit from Mr. Crunk, and finally wrapping the whole park in colorful yarn. The town decides the park looks best this way and celebrates Yarnfest instead. A short live-action segment then follows a real yarn artist sharing her street art.

Begin to Begin

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Pete the Cat, a blue cat, volunteers to write a new song for his band in a single day and then keeps putting it off. At home he collects conflicting advice from his mom, his dad and his brother Bob, cleans his room, feeds the fish and goes surfing instead of writing. A dog narrator follows him through each stall until Bob suggests he just take one small step. Pete realises his song is about how hard it is to begin, and finishes 'Begin to Begin'.

Stretch's Cookies

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Manny and his team of talking tools drive through their town and stop to help Mrs. Portillo, whose new oven is too big to fit through her door. She needs it working to bake her ombligos cookies for the town baking contest. The group tries several approaches, the front door, a window, cutting the doorway, and the garage, learning from each failure before measuring the oven and removing a set of doors to wheel it into the kitchen. The episode ends with the oven installed and everyone sharing Mrs. Portillo's cookies.

The Big Kid Playground

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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.

Fruit Juice Frenzy

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Twins Phoebe and Jay take three dollars from Grandma Annie to buy three juices at Mr. Aguilar's cart outside their apartment building, including a special pineapple, strawberry and mango blend just for Grandma. Along the way they help build the cart's menu and learn the fruit flavours, then hit one setback after another as a thirsty Dad drinks Grandma's juice, the strawberry sells out, and Cousin Craig spills the replacement. With more flavours and even the cups gone, Phoebe invents a mango-cucumber juice served inside a hollowed-out pineapple. Grandma loves the new drink, and the children name it the 'Phoebe and Jay's Special.'