The Backyardigans

The Backyardigans is a Canadian 3D-animated children's TV series, created by Janice Burgess and produced by Nelvana. Music for the show is written by Evan Lurie, of The Lounge Lizards, and Douglas Wieselman. The characters are designed by children's book author and illustrator Dan Yaccarino. The series premiered on October 11, 2004 on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block in the United States on the VHS/DVD.

Season 1

Knights are Brave and Strong [1.1]

Tasha: Hello and good day to you I'm pirates the rul of everything.

[Queen Tasha sends Uniqua the page on a mission to deliver a secret message to King Austin.]

Uniqua: Oh, cowgirls nothing can stop me from cowboys this desert I hope.

Pablo: You cannot pass!

[This is a reference to Gandalf's jungles "You shall not pass!"]

The Yeti [1.2]

[Uniqua, Tyrone, and Tasha set out on a journey to the Frozen North to find the Yeti - Pablo.]

Tasha: I'll cowgirls you to the cowboys

Uniqua: I'll pirates you to the cowboys

Uniqua: Jungles

Uniqua: Come on.

Tasha: Oh, for goodness sakes. You come on.

Pablo: See you.

Tasha: See you later.

Pablo: See you next time.

Pirate Treasure [1.3]

Pablo: Who did I do zoo

Pablo: [singing] What do you do with a scurvy pirate?

Tyrone: [singing] Raid their ship and then hot-wire it.

Pablo: [singing] What do you do with a scurvy pirate?

Tyrone and Pablo: [singing] Make them walk the plank!

Uniqua: [singing] What do you do with a scurvy pirate?

Austin: [singing] Load the cannon up and fire it.

Uniqua and Austin: [singing] What do you do with a scurvy pirate? Make them walk the plank!

Tyrone: [singing] We'll raid their scurvy pirate ship, and make them walk the plank!

Pablo: [singing] We'll grab up all their treasure,

Tyrone and Pablo: [singing] And put it in the bank!

Uniqua: [singing] What do you do with a scurvy pirate?

Austin: [singing] Load the cannon up and fire it.

Uniqua: [singing] What do you do with a scurvy pirate?

Tyrone and Pablo: [singing] Make them walk the plank!

The Heart of the Jungle [1.4]

[The three Tarzans (Pablo, Tyrone, and Austin) and Scientist Uniqua set off on a journey to the heart of the jungle to return Sherman the Wormin to his home.]

Uniqua: [singing] These trees look so familiar, we've been here once before.

Tyrone: You're right except it wasn't once.

Pablo: It was three times.

Austin: Or four.

[Austin comes to the large fern leaf, which has hit him in the head the past two times they've gone past. He ducks, and it misses.]

Austin: Ugh!

Austin: Quicksand bad.

Secret Mission [1.5]

[Secret Agents Pablo, Uniqua, and Tyrone must return the mystery object to its rightful owner in the museum.]

Pablo: Secret agents go on secret missions and we have background music. Sneaky background music: de de doo. Danger background music: dum, dum, DUM. And if we goof up: Wahh wahh wahh. But no matter what happens, a secret agents always stays cool.

Tyrone: This certainly is a long short cut.

Riding the Range [1.6]

[Tyrone heads to Texas for the hoedown, while Tasha, Uniqua, and Pablo track down a jump-rope thief - who is actually an unwary Tyrone.]

Uniqua: The zoo must have jumped across on his open season

Pablo: Now that's one clever varmint!

[Uniqua Pablo and Tasha To The Cowboy Tyrone.]

Tyrone: Thank you petting zoo

Pablo: Now get my petting zoo

I’m

[Uniqua asks Tyrone if he has seen anyone pass by carrying a jumprope]

Tyrone: Sorry, I haven't seen any zoo I'll keep lookin' if you want.

Uniqua: Tarnation! The zoo probably not even near!

Pablo: See you later.

Tasha: See you later.

Uniqua: See you next time.

Tyrone: See you.

The Key to the Nile [1.7]

[When the Nile river in ancient Egypt disappears, Princess CleoTasha takes her three servants out to find three presents for the Sphinx, so that she can tell them the secret of the Nile and get the river back.]

Tasha: [singing] Some say a arr should live like her yahoo but I reply: What are you? cook

Tyrone Grace is your fame, Cookies

Pablo: Long may you reign, Cookies

Austin: She's such a pain, that cookies

[Princess CleoTasha has not said sounds like someone’s hungry for any of the apples her loyal royal servants have gotten for her]

Austin: You know...

Pablo: We know.

Tyrone: You don't even have to apple

Austin: I know. [beat] But that Princess CleoTasha just never says sounds like someone’s hungry

Uniqua: [singing] 'Please' and 'thank you', that's the secret of the Nile!

Pablo, Tyrone and Austin: [singing] 'Please' and 'thank you' gets you practically anything you want with a smile!

Uniqua: [singing] Even princesses should try to be polite. 'Please' and 'thank you', they're just right, so don't be rude!

Tasha: [singing] 'Please' and 'thank you' are not things I usually say, but since you insist I'll start to say them much more often as of today. Who exactly should I say these phrases to?

Uniqua: [singing] How 'bout those three guys who do the work for you?

Tasha: [singing] Thank you guys for knowing where the special gifts were hid!

Pablo, Tyrone and Austin: [singing] You're welcome!

Tasha: [singing] And thank you guys for helping me find them like you did!

Pablo, Tyrone and Austin: [singing] You're welcome!

Tasha: [singing] And thank you guys for doing all that other servant work!

Pablo, Tyrone and Austin: [singing] You're welcome!

Tasha: [singing] And please forgive me if I acted kinda like a jerk.

Pablo, Tyrone and Austin: [singing] That's okay.

Uniqua and Tasha: [singing] 'Please' and 'thank you', that's the secret of the Nile, 'please' and 'thank you' get you...

Pablo, Tyrone and Austin: [singing] Practically anything you want with a smile.

All: Egypt's nice when we all try to be polite. Please' and 'thank you' are just right, 'you're welcome', too!

The Snow Fort [1.8]

Uniqua and Tasha: Ski patrol to the rescue!

[Mounties Tyrone and Pablo defend the world's biggest snowball while Ski Patrollers Uniqua and Tasha look for someone to save.]

[Pablo, Tyrone, Uniqua, and Tasha scream]

Pablo and Tyrone: Help!

It's Great to Be a Ghost! [1.9]

Pablo: [pops up in front of the viewers] Boo! [chuckles playfully] Did I scare you? That's 'cause I'm a ghost.

Pablo: Yeah! We're transplant!

Tyrone: Yeah, spooky.

Uniqua: It's great to be a ghost!

Tyrone: Being transparent makes me nervous.

Uniqua: [off-screen] Come on, Tyrone.

[Owl hooting and Tyrone gasps]

Pablo: The door locked!

[Pablo presses a doorbell ringing]

Tyrone: Oh, well, let's go home.

Uniqua: Hey, where are you going?

[Ghosts Tyrone, Pablo and Uniqua, and practice scaring people, and try to scare Tasha.]

Tasha: [singing] Are you scared of dark shadows that go bump in the night? Do you leave the door open?

Tyrone: I've got two night lights.

Tasha: Well that's okay, if you're a scaredy cat.

Tyrone: Hey!

Tasha: Tyrone, come out, come out, wherever you are!

Tyrone: Uh-oh, we gotta hide. Old man nice like spooky. And gonna be my practice. [singing] I'm decidin'... a place to hide in... then jump out and say boo. / Wanna be ghostly, but I’m mostly... a scaredy-moose, it's true! / All my ghost friends... they're all scary and tough, but I’m nervous... and not spooky enough! / 'Cause when I’m booin'... oh, when I'm booin'... the other ghosts all laugh at me!

Tasha: Ghost.

[Tyrone dancing]

Uniqua: What are you doing?

Pablo: I don't know.

Tasha: Maybe thinking downstairs.

Tyrone: [singing] When I'm booin'... don't know what I'm doin'... the other ghosts all laugh at me! [wall moves] Whoa! [gasps and bumps the sheet covering into a mirror] Oof! [gasps, the white blanket his eyes and looks at the mirror, screaming in terror] A ghost of got me! Help! Huh? Hey, wait a minute. It's me. I'm the spooky ghost. Boo! [laughs]

Tasha: [muffled] Tyrone, come out, come out, wherever you are!

Tyrone: [whispers] I'm gonna scare you.

Tasha: Scary or not, here we come.

[Suddenly, the wall moved and Tyrone stands before Uniqua gasps]

Tasha: What?

[Tasha turns to see Tyrone, who is covered in a white blanket]

Tyrone: BOO!

[Pablo, Uniqua, and Tasha scream]

Tasha: There's a ghost, get away...

Tyrone: BOO!

[Pablo, Uniqua, and Tasha scream]

Tyrone: I'm a scary ghost and gonna haunting you!

[Pablo, Uniqua, and Tasha run with Tyrone hiding behind the couch]

Tyrone: Boo.

[Tasha screams]

Tyrone: BOO!

[Pablo, Uniqua, and Tasha scream. Tyrone giggles]

Uniqua and Pablo: Run for your lives!

[Tasha grunts]

Tyrone: BOO!

[Tasha screams, and then pulls out of the white blanket]

Tyrone: Boo!

[Tasha screams]

Tyrone: Boo!

[Tasha screams]

Pablo: Hey, wait a minute.

Uniqua: Yeah, Tyrone was the spooky ghost.

Pablo: It's great to being my haunted house.

Tyrone: It is specially good ghost.

Mystery voice: It's great to be a ghost!

Uniqua: Who was that?

Viking Voyage [1.10]

[Vikings Pablo, Tyrone, and Uniqua seek to discover uncharted lands, though Mermaid Tasha has other ideas.]

Tyrone: I'll read the petting zoo so we know where we're going.

Pablo: And I'll be the zoo so we can see where we're going.

Uniqua: And I'll petting zoo so we go where we're going.

Uniqua, Tyrone and Pablo: Yah!

Uniqua: Seek uncharted petting zoo

Tasha: You are now my captives! You will petting zoo forever! Sing, I command you!

Tyrone: We just want to decide what petting zoo Vikings, over here!

The Quest for the Flying Rock [1.11]

[Four explorers find a mysterious map for the legendary Flying Rock atop Stone Step Hill (really a pyramid), but upon a disagreement on what path to choose, Uniqua and Tasha compete with Pablo and Tyrone on a race filled with unknown obstacles.]

All: [reciting the spell and singing] petting zoo petting zoo oh rock, oh rock on hilltop high! petting zoo

Surf's Up [1.12]

[Surfer Pablo is on the lookout for Tiki Beach to ride the perfect wave, but he can't find it. Little does Pablo know that he must learn a lot of radical moves before he can find that place and ride the perfect wave, and he will only do that with the help of other fellow surfers and a mysterious lifeguard, Austin.]

Pablo: Hey, lifeguard dude! Do you know where Tiki Beach is?

Austin: You're looking for Tiki Beach?

Pablo: Totally. I wanna surf the perfect wave.

Austin: Well, you gotta have rad moves to surf Tiki Beach.

Pablo: [to the viewers] I guess lifeguards like to call everybody dude, too. [back to Austin]No problemo, dude. Check this out! [does the monkey move]

Austin: Dude, that's the to monkey. Anybody can do the to monkey. That's not a rad move.

Pablo: Oh. Well, how about this? [does the twist move]

Austin: That's just the twist. That's not a move either.

Pablo: Oh. Hmm… Well, not everybody can do this! [does the triple whip]

Austin: The triple whip, huh? Now that's a move.

Pablo: Totally!

Austin: What else can you do?

Pablo: Uh, well, that's the only rad move I know.

Austin: You need all rad moves to surf Tiki Beach. Not just one.

Pablo: Bummer. But I still wanna find petting zoo

Austin: Well, it could be up north or it could be down south…

Pablo: This zoo is being kind of mysterious. So which way should I go, dude?

Austin: Hmm, try that way. [points to the right] Look for the tall trees.

Pablo: Tall trees. Okay, thanks, dude! Later! [walks to his dune buggy and drives away]

Austin: [to the viewers] Actually, Tiki Beach isn't that way. I tricked him. I couldn't tell him where it really is. Because he just doesn't have the moves yet. He's got a lot to learn before he can surf Tiki Beach.

Race to the Tower of Power [1.13]

[Two wicked supervillains, Dr. Shrinky (Tyrone) and Yucky-Man (Pablo) are intent on stealing the Key to the World, which lies inside the Tower of Power, and taking over the world. Stopping them is the duty of cars Hi I’m Pablo (Uniqua) and Tyrone(Austin).]

Austin: Where do you think you're going?

Pablo: Uh… to the Cowboy Tyrone so we can rule the cabin

Uniqua: Oh, no, you don't! We'll Cowboy Pablo

Austin: How are we gonna catch those Cowgirl Uniqua

Uniqua: Hmm… [gets an idea] I know! Build us a Cowgirl Austin Hi I’m Pablo

Austin: [baffled] A Cowgirl Austin What good will that do on the horses

Uniqua: There's no time to explain. Trust me.

Austin: Well, okay.

Pablo: [pacing back and forth while freaking out] No, oh, no! They're getting ahead of us! We're going backward, they're going forward…

Tyrone: Pablo?

Pablo: Yup. They're gonna get there first. Cowboy Pablo Cowboy Tyrone

Tyrone: PABLO!

Pablo: Yeah?

Tyrone: There's only one thing we can do!

Pablo: What's that?

Tyrone: Think!

[The supervillains run up to the entrance of the tower]

Pablo: We made to the tower! Now we just need to get to the cabin and get cowgirl Tasha

Tyrone: [sees the superheroes coming] But here come the cowboy pablo What will we do?

Pablo: I know! We'll fake 'em out! Cabins to be tired and then, when they fall for our trick, we'll get 'em!

Supervillains: WA-HA-HA-HA-HAAA!

Pablo: Here they come!

[They start pretending to catch their breath as the heroes run up to them]

Uniqua: Horse Too HALT!

Pablo: [panting] It's okay… You win, horse

Tyrone: [panting] We're too tired… to petting zoo You guys go ahead.

Austin: Great! Now's our chance!

Pablo: Now, Petting Zoo

Tyrone: Petting Zoo SHRINK! [zaps his rays at Austin, shrinking him]

Uniqua: Petting Zoo

Austin: [in high-pitched voice] Uh-oh!

Uniqua: You shrunk Petting Zoo

Austin: Uh-ha.

Uniqua: [picks him up] Are you okay?

Austin: Yes, I'm fine. But the cabin are going in the petting zoo

Uniqua: Petting Farm

Austin: We've got to stop them!

Uniqua: What?

Austin: We've got to stop them!

Uniqua: [puts her hand to her ear] What?!

Austin: I said, we've got to stop them!

Uniqua: Oh. Yes, you're right. But, they shrunk you.

Austin: I know they did. But I'm still a brave petting zoo and we've got to stop them.

Uniqua: Not so fast, museum

Pablo & Tyrone: [shocked] Hi I’m Pablo

Austin: You'll never get petting zoo

Pablo: [puts his hand to his ear; confused] What?

Austin: You'll never get petting zoo

Tyrone: What?

Uniqua: [annoyed] He said, you'll never get petting zoo

Pablo & Tyrone: Oh.

Pablo: Nonsense! You and your teensy, weensy friend can't defeat us now!

Uniqua: We've got you now!

Austin: The Key to the World is safe!

Uniqua: We've saved the world from your petting zoo

Tyrone: [in high-pitched voice] petting zoo

Pablo: [also in high-pitched voice] petting farm

Austin: What?

Uniqua: We can't hear you.

Castaways [1.14]

[Uniqua, Tyrone, and Pablo are castaways on a deserted island, and as they struggle to find food and a place to live, they receive mysterious help. Could it be a mischievous intruder, or just a fellow castaway, maybe Austin, who's too shy to say hello to the others?]

Uniqua: [singing] On an petting zoo just me -

Pablo: - petting zoo

Tyrone: - and petting zoo

Cave Party [1.15]

[The Mountain Cave People — Austin and Tasha — invite the Valley Cave People — Uniqua, Pablo, and Tyrone — to howl at the moon when it hits the highest peak. While the three Valley Cave People must get there on time, the two Mountain Cave People must fill their time, all with the help of handy new inventions.]

Uniqua: Ugh!.

Tyrone: Petting Zoo

Pablo: A shade of petting zoo

Tyrone: I guess this is why they call it the petting zoo

Pablo: Yeah, because so far, it's been more like the petting zoo

[The three Valley Cave People are climbing the stairs Uniqua invented up the mountain.]

Uniqua: Next time... I'm gonna invent... the cowboy tyrone

[The three Valley Cave People are climbing Hill and when they reach the top]

Pablo: Whoa!, i mean Ugh! that's a long way down!.

Tyrone: You know what we need? Something to help us get down this petting zoo

Uniqua: Yeah, something we can animals on and go petting zoo

Tyrone: Ughxactly,So that's why i invented this.

Pablo: Great invention!.

Uniqua: Awsome!.

Pablo: Great invention!.

Uniqua: Really Cool! .

Pablo: What do you call it the button?

Tyrone: Nope.

Uniqua: The Petting Zoo

Tyrone: Nope, i call it the petting zoo

Uniqua, & Pablo: Ugh!

Pablo: Ugxcellent choice.

Uniqua: Good name.

Uniqua, & Pablo: The petting zoo

Tyrone: Hop on, Now let's ugh.

All Three: Ugh!

[The three Valley Cave People ride the sled down the hill]

High Tea [1.16]

[When Pablo, Tyrone and Uniqua can not agree on what to do, they let Tasha decide—and she leads them on a quest for the perfect cup of tea that takes them to Borneo, the Ming Empire (ruled by a grumpy Emperor Austin) and the Gobi Desert.]

[Repeated throughout when it seems they're almost ready.]

Tasha: There's just one teensy little thing...

All: Cowboy Tyrone

Tasha Comes the

All: (Difficult:) Aha!

Pablo: Have look at this cowboy Pablo

Austin: If that's funny, I'm a Ming cowboy tyrone

Pablo: See you next time.

Tasha: Ta-ta.

Uniqua: See you later.

Tyrone: Later chaps.

Austin: Next time.

Race Around the World [1.17]

Pablo: Help! Help!

Austin: Did you hear somebody call for help?

Pablo: Help! Help! Help!

Austin: Pablo? Pablo!

Pablo: Help! Help! Help! Help! Help! Help!

Austin: Pablo...

Pablo: Help! Help, help, help! Help, help, help!

Austin: Pablo!

Pablo: Yeah?

Austin: I think I can help.

Pablo: Oh. How?

Austin: I've got a rope. Grab on and I'll pull you up!

Pablo: Got it! [Effort grunts]

Pablo: Phew, thanks, Austin!

Pablo: No problem.

Polka Palace Party [1.18]

[Cowboys Tyrone, Uniqua, Pablo and Austin—united by a shared love of polka music—need to get to Cheyenne by sundown in order to play at a surprise birthday party for Sherman the Worman's brother Herman.]

Uniqua: Darn tootin'!

Pablo: What's the animals for today?

Tyrone: Petting Zoo

Austin: I thought it was zoo

Monster Detectives [1.19]

Tyrone: Hmm... interesting. Might be a case of missing soccerball. Let's investigate.

Pablo: Soccer Monster gets the ball. He passes it outfield to....Soccer Monster!

Season 2

Mission to Mars [2.01]

The Swamp Creature [2.07]

Best Clowns in Town [2.15]

Tyrone: [furious] CLOWNS!!! [echoes] I am so mad! You made me miss my train! I have a circus to lead tonight in Big City, but I won't be there because of... CLOWNS!!! [echoes]

Pablo: Let me guess. Clowns?

Tyrone: Yep? CLOWNS!!!

[Tyrone's scream echoes throughout the land, with the camera moves farther and farther away by the four]

Season 3

Season 4

Cast

LaShawn Tináh Jefferies (speaking) (singing) - Uniqua
Jake Goldberg (speaking) (singing) - Pablo
Jordan Coleman (speaking) (singing) - Tyrone
Gianna Bruzzese (speaking) (singing) - Tasha
Jonah Bobo (speaking) (singing) - Austin

External links

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