Poppy Cat

 

January 6, 2013

Zuzu excitedly presents Owl with a homemade waving wooden walrus but when the walrus mysteriously disappears, the friends head out in the hot air balloon to the mountains to see if Mother Bumblebird has seen it. Along the way, Owl confesses to Poppy that he finds the decoration unappealing, and they run into Yngling, the Disco Viking (Egbert) who takes control of their balloon. Once they retrieve the walrus from the near-sighted Mother Bumblebird, the friends encounter a polar bear named Roger, who admires the walrus so much that Poppy suggests that Owl give it up, since it will help visitors know that Roger is a friendly bear.

 

December 23, 2012

Alma's cousin Chester is playing with the gang when a giant hula-hoop falls from the sky from the planet Teeny-Tiny; they decide to take it back and show Chester outer space. Along the way, Chester impresses Alma's friends, and intimidates Officer Moonrock, Space Patrol (Egbert) who stops their rocketship for speeding. After Egbert steers them into Asteroid Alley, Alma slips out into space, convinced that her friends like Chester more than her. Poppy goes on a spacewalk to save Alma and assure her that she will always be their best friend.

 

December 9, 2012

The gang hear a distress call from Rocket-Cat on Zuzu's new Rocket-Cat radio, and decide to take their rocket to the dark side of the Green-Cheese Moon, running into Gilda in outer space before landing and being taken prisoner by the Great Zircon, Ruler of the Dark Planet (Egbert) who puts them in jail along with Rocket-Cat. Mo saves the day with his special key.

 

November 25, 2012

When Poppy and her friends decide they need gold for their statue they are building Cecil the Toad King, they go off in the submarine to the Sea of Shipwrecks to find a sunken ship with treasure. Seymour the Sucker Fish (Egbert) sticks to their sub, then promises to lead them to the ship, only to find the treasure chest guarded by a giant squid named Sophie. The chest turns out to be full of rubber ducks which float to the surface and Cecil and his Queen declare them more beautiful than gold.

 

November 11, 2012

While digging a swimming pool, the gang discovers a piece of tile covered in picture writing and Owl decides that his old friend, Professor Peanut could decipher it, so they're off to the Deepest Jungle by plane, where they search for Number One Waterfall Lane without success. Professor Gobbledy-Gook (Egbert) insists that he can read their picture-writing, but is making it up. They find Prof. Peanut who explains that the tile is his house number, inviting visitors to swim, which the gang happily does.

 

October 28, 2012

When Alma forgets a song she made up about clouds, Poppy suggests they go to the Castle of Songs in the hot air balloon to find it. They encounter Mother Bumblebird and then the Sleeping Prince (Egbert), who insists they clap to break his sleep-spell; he leads them through the castle but they are distracted by a trapped Gilda, who sends them off to the Room of Tunes where Alma's cloud song can be found in a music box.

 

October 14, 2012

When the tip of Owl's magic wand falls off right after he made Zuzu's skateboard disappear, Poppy suggests they go to the Magic Jungle to look for Abracadabra Stone for the wand. They are off in the airplane, but once they land, they encounter the Great Trickini (Egbert) who insists on performing a magic show for them in which he tries to get Simon, the elephant, to vanish. After Egbert tosses Owl's and other stolen magic wands down the trapdoor, Poppy leads her friends down to the Abracadabra Mines where they find the stone and use the wands to light the way out, and Owl finally performs the floating elephant trick.

 

September 30, 2012

A thrilled Alma performs her umbrella dance when a gust of wind whisks away her specially colored prop. Alma deems her performance a failure without an umbrella, so Poppy suggests they travel to Duck River where the mythical Umbrella Plants grow. They're stopped by Super Quack (Egbert) and his sidekick Mighty Chick (cardboard bird), who insists he must escort them through the dangerous marsh, shooting his Super Soaker. At the first sign of danger - a turtle aptly named Tiny - Egbert flees. Alma sheds a tear at hearing that the umbrella plants don't exist, and to their surprise, the plants start to bloom into umbrellas and Alma is able to perform her umbrella dance.

 

September 16, 2012

When Rocket-Cat is trapped by a giant robot on the Ice Planet on his television show, the gang fly there in the rocketship to save him, but first must get past the evil scientist, Professor Monkeynuts (Egbert) who controls the robot. But with a combination of space karate from Zuzu and the telly remote control from Mo, the gang defeats the robot and save Rocket-Cat.

 

September 2, 2012

When Alma's new magic beetle fails to grant a wish, they learn that wishes are only granted in the Enchanted Desert, so the gang is off in the airplane where they meet Gilda and land in a sandstorm. As they head to the Magic Oasis, Ali Bubba (Egbert) challenges them to a race on a flying carpet. Alma uses all of her wishes to help her friends, but the beetle grants her one extra wish.

 

August 19, 2012

When Zuzu's skateboard becomes bent, Owl suggests he take it to the Skateboard Wizard, who lives in a castle on a mountain, to fix. They are off in the train, encountering a strange toad and then being refused entrance at the door by Hogenmorf, the Wizard's Helper (Egbert) who proceeds to break the skateboard in two. The Wizard turns out to be the Toad, and tells Zuzu the skateboard is not broken; it is only after Zuzu uses it as skates to save Mo that he realizes the Toad's wisdom, and is granted a new skateboard.

 

August 5, 2012

When Mo accidentally loses one of the pearl's in Alma's new necklace, the gang head in the ship to Oyster Bay to go diving for a new pearl, encountering Minnesota Jones, Treasure Hunter (Egbert) and a grumpy turtle named Frank who tells them there are no oysters around. To cheer Alma up, Mo stands atop a large shell and sings a song, with the shell turning out to be an oyster who gives up a pearl.

 

July 22, 2012

When Zuzu learns that mountains are named after the person who discovers them, the gang heads off in the hot air balloon to find an unnamed mountain on which to plant a flag; they encounter Gilda and later, Craggy McMatterhorn, who deflates their balloon in a rush to get to the unnamed mountain first. But the gang prevails and Zuzu plants the flag, naming the mountain after all of them.

 

July 8, 2012

A birthday gift to 'Little Opie' drops from the sky, so Poppy and friends set off in the submarine to the depths of the ocean to find the young octopus, as evidenced by one mask and eight flippers. They are stopped by Chief Guppy of the Party Patrol (Egbert) who tries to take the gift and ends up getting them lost, until the sound of music lures the gang to a sunken ship where Little Opie is thrilled to have his gift and friends at his party.

 

June 24, 2012

After Owl suggests that Mo's precious collection would be safest in a museum, Poppy takes them to the Moon in her rocket, where Mo sets up in their playhouse until Space Chicken, Guard of Museums (Egbert) arrives and insists there be no talking or touching items. When Egbert pokes a hole in the ceiling, Mo's collection starts to float into space until Poppy suggests they all use their hopscotch skills to save them.

 

June 10, 2012

When Zuzu fails to play guitar well, Owl suggests they search for the 'golden guitar' found in the Desert of the Crazy Sun, with Poppy and friends off in the car, which soon gets stuck in the sand. They trudge to a Golden Pyramid where King Pennytoot (Egbert) insists they buy lemonade from his stand; when they refuse the sour drink, he inadvertently causes the pyramid to open, revealing a trove of musical instruments for them all to play, with Owl as conductor.

 

May 27, 2012

After Zuzu eats the last of Mo's new jellybeans, the gang is off in their rocketship for Planet Ring-O-Beans, to obtain new ones, but are stopped by Ultrazoid, Ruler of the Rings (Egbert) who insists that Poppy race him around the rings. Wearing Zuzu's new skates, Poppy wins and they save their ship and get new jellybeans for all.

 

May 13, 2012

After a chrysalis hatches a beautiful jungle butterfly, Poppy and the gang decide to take it back to Flutterby Falls in the hot air balloon so it can be with its friends; they are soon accosted by Colonel Flappythings, Butterfly Collector (Egbert) who tries to take the butterfly but punctures their balloon instead. An angry gorilla named Vince arrives but all is put right when he gets his sock (Egbert's net) back and he leads them to Flutterby Falls where hundreds of butterflies assist in carrying their balloon back home.

 

April 29, 2012

Zuzu is so disappointed that there are no good hills for sledging on his new toboggan that Poppy takes them to Chilly Hills in the campervan, where Mo discovers a stowaway polar bear cub named Alfie who has run away from home. The campervan is pulled over by Hoofer, Chief Reindeer of the Snow Patrol (Egbert), who makes them play 'Hoofer Says' while Alfie runs away again. Alfie is reunited with his father and the gang enjoys real sledging at last.

 

April 15, 2012

Zuzu is disappointed when his new cricket does not sing as promised; Poppy suggests they head out in the hot air balloon to find a place the cricket likes to sing. They run into Gilda, who inadvertently directs them to Cricket Meadow, until Billy, the Bad Bug Man (Egbert) captures their balloon with a plunger, scares off the cricket, and gets them lost in the dark. Poppy captures fireflies light the way to Cricket Meadow where Zuzu's cricket is singing an aria.

 

April 1, 2012

When Alma's new perfume (a gift from Mo) is accidentally spilled, Poppy suggests a trip to the Elephant Jungle to search for the Giant Lily to make some new perfume. Along the way, their supplies and plane are stolen by Chi-Chi, the Naughty Monkey (Egbert), but a friendly elephant named Toby leads them to the Giant Lily.

 

March 18, 2012

When Mo comes down with a case of hiccups, the gang is off to Pickle Springs for Owl's cure: a sip of pickle juice. On their road trip, their car breaks down and they must race with Baron Von Speedster (Egbert), who gets them lost until they careen through the woods and into the bubbling springs where Mo is cured.

 

March 4, 2012

After watching an episode of their favourite TV show, 'Rocket Cat,' Mo shows them the letter he has written to his hero, so Poppy suggests they take her rocketship to the Moon to deliver it personally. In space, they are stunned to learn that Zoltoid, King of Outer Space (Egbert) has taken Rocket Cat hostage, but Poppy bravely saves Rocket Cat from a giant space squid and is called out as a hero herself.

 

February 19, 2012

When Owl finds a lost baby turtle in his swimsuit, the gang head to the ocean in their submarine to find its mother, only to have the turtle (whom they have named Webster) scared off by Zapper, the Electric Jellyfish (Egbert). Zuzu's new head torch comes in handy when the submarine gets stuck in a cave, and they find Webster and reunite him with his Mum, with Owl wiping away a tear as his 'son' swims off.

 

February 5, 2012

After Alma confides she had a dream in which Zuzu was a space monster, Poppy takes them to outer space in her rocket, where they encounter Cluckeroo, the Alien Chicken (Egbert), and where Owl gets sucked into space by Zuzu's accident. Zuzu takes control of the rocket during an asteroid shower, proving he is no space monster but their good friend.