01x31 - Fish

Episode transcripts for the TV series, "The Hoobs". Aired: 15 January 2001 – 3 January 2003.*
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It stars five creatures called Hoobs (Hubba Hubba, Iver, Groove, Tula, and Roma) from the fictional Hoobland, and their interactions with Earth and the human race.
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01x31 - Fish

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- Hoobledoop Tiddlypeeps!

I'm Hubba Hubba talking

to you from Hoobland.

And I'm about to send four

of my favorite

Hoobs down to Earth

to find out all about you

for my great Hoobapedia.

Here they come!

♪ You know who the Hoobs are ♪

♪ Iver, Groove, and Tula! ♪

♪ We're Hoobs! ♪

♪ And they're ready to go! ♪

♪ Now the wheels are turning ♪

♪ We can all get learning ♪

♪ All the things

we want to know ♪

♪ Hubba Hubba's in Hoobland ♪

♪ And Roma's

somewhere far away! ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh! ♪

♪ The Motorettes are singing ♪

♪ We keep the engine spinning ♪

♪ Hoob Hoob Hooray! ♪

♪ The Hoobmobile is

coming your way! ♪

♪ The Hoobs are here

so what do you say? ♪

♪ Hoobs! ♪

(soft flute music)

- Oh, our pond is hooby groovy,

don't you think, Tula?

- Hooby groovy.

- Yeah, it's so bluey

and greeny and silvery,

I wonder what it would be

like to live in the pond.

- Live? In the pond?

Groove, that would

mean living underwater.

- [Iver] Groove! Tula!

Can you come down a minute?

- And living underwater

would mean getting wet.

- Oh, getting wet, yeah.

- [Iver] Groove! Tula!

We need a question

for Hoob News!

- Let's go and help Iver.

- Yeah, I wish I could live

underwater without getting wet.

- Question, a question,

question, question...

- Hoobledoop, Iver.

Sorry it took so long.

Groove and I were

talking about the pond.

- It's the pond. Oh! Do you

think there's a question

about the pond we could

ask for Hoob News?

- Fish live

underwater, you know.

- Yes, but fish don't hate

getting wet! Hoobs do.

- What are you

two talking about?

- Well, if Hoobs didn't

hate getting wet,

could we live

underwater like a fish?

- [Hubba Hubba] Hubba! Hubba!

- Oh, it's Hubba Hubba.

- If Hoobs didn't

mind getting wet,

could we live

underwater like a fish?

Oh, that's a

fantabby-Hooby question

for today's Hoob News, Groove!

- Well done, Groove!

- And I'm sure it's

something Hoobs everywhere

would want to know.

- Well I know I do.

- Please will you email

Roma, Hubba Hubba?

To see what she can find

out about living underwater?

- Of course, Tula.

But before I do that,

I'll see what I can find

on Hoobnet about fish.

(humming)

Ah! Here we go.

(cheery music)

Look at all the different

kinds of fish in the sea!

Ooh, and there are

a couple of big ones

swimming in front of all

that green, bushy stuff.

Oh look! Some blue ones!

My own personal favorite.

Look at the little yellow ones!

Ooh, and there's a big,

big, big fierce one there.

Look at the sunlight

through all those fish!

Oh, aren't they beautiful?

Fish in the sea!

- Well, there are hundreds

of different kinds

of fish on the big

planet, aren't there?

- Yes, and they all

live underwater.

- I love watching them swim.

(laughing)

- Yeah, that's very fishy, Tula.

- Imagine what it'd been like

never to walk or run

or hop, but just swim.

- Wow.

- Even if I didn't

hate getting wet,

I couldn't live

underwater. I can't swim!

- You could learn.

- I could, yes. But how?

♪ How, how, how, ♪

♪ How, how, how ♪

♪ How, how, how, how. ♪

- I know how, Hoobs.

- You do, Hubba Hubba?

- Yes. Ask the Tiddlypeeps.

They're always jumping

in and out of the water.

- You're right, Hubba Hubba!

Tiddlypeeps love swimming.

- Come on, Iver. I'll drive

you to find some Tiddlypeeps.

- Alright, I can't

wait! Come on!

- Let's get those

Motorettes singing!

(laughing)

- Hooby groovy.

- Seatbelt.

- [Iver and Tula] We're

off to see the Tiddlypeeps!

(magic chime)

♪ Yeehaw! ♪

♪ We're off to see

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ On the road we go ♪

♪ We're off to see

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ They're smart, they're

fun, they know! ♪

♪ The Tiddlypeeps,

the Tiddlypeeps, ♪

♪ If we need to know ♪

♪ Who, what, where,

why, when and how ♪

♪ We'll ask them, off we go ♪

♪ Yahoo! ♪

♪ We're off to see

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ On the road we go ♪

♪ We're off to see

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ They're smart,

they're fun, they know ♪

(frantic breathing)

- Hoobledoop, Tiddlypeeps!

- [Tiddlypeeps]

Hoobledoop, Iver!

- Do you want to

do a Hooby hello?

- [Tiddlypeeps] Yes!

- Come on then!

- [All] Hoobledoop,

Hoobledoop, whoop whoop whoop!

- As you know, we

Hoobs hate getting wet.

But, if we didn't and we

wanted to live underwater

we'd have to learn

to swim, wouldn't we?

- [Tiddlypeeps] Yes.

- Do you think you could

teach me how to do it?

- [Tiddlypeeps] Yes.

- Swimming is one of the most

fun things that you can do.

- First, you jump in the water.

(upbeat music)

(water splashing)

- [Tula and Groove] Whoa!

- Maybe I'll do that last, yes.

- Yeah.

- Then, you kick your

legs and move your arms.

(water splashing)

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,

oh! That's Hoobacious!

But I think I'll stick

to the breaststroke.

I think I'm getting

quite good now.

- That's great, Iver.

- You're doing

really well, Iver.

- Thank you. Are you

watching this, Groove?

- Yes, Iver.

- Swimming is Hoobacious fun.

- [Tula and Groove]

Yes, it looks it!

- Thank you, Tiddlypeeps!

I've got to get back

to the Hoobmobile now,

so Hooble toodle doo!

- [Tiddlypeeps]

Hooble toodle doo!

(laughing)

(cheery music)

- Oh yes, I really think I could

get the hang of

this swimming thing.

- Me too, Groove.

- If we didn't hate getting wet,

we could live

underwater no problem.

(laughing)

- Where are you

swimming to, Groove?

- The Hoobofridge.

All this swimming

is making me hungry!

(laughing)

Want a bit, Tula?

- Thanks, Groove.

- Oh, wait a minute.

If we lived underwater,

we wouldn't be able

to get Hoobnips

out of the

Hoobofridge, would we?

- Then what would we eat?

- We'd eat what fish eat.

- What do fish eat?

- I know! Remember all that

green bushy stuff we saw

when the fish were

swimming under the water?

Maybe fish eat that.

- I don't fancy eating

green bushy stuff.

It didn't look very tasty to me.

I'd much rather have

Hoobygoop in my Hoobybun.

Do we have any Hoobygoop?

- Well, you wouldn't

be able to eat

Hoobygoop in a Hoobybun if you

lived underwater like a fish.

- [Hubba Hubba] Hubba! Hubba!

- Hoobledoop, Hubba

Hubba. We have a question.

- Oh, fantabby-Hooby.

There's only one

thing I like more

than a question.

- What's that?

- It's the sound of Hooboglibba

calling for its tea.

Hooboglibba, glibba, glibba! Ah.

Now, what was your

question, Tula?

- Do fish eat that green

bushy stuff we saw underwater?

- Well, let's see...

I'll key in fish,

and then I'll key

in eat, ah, yes.

Fish do eat that

green bushy stuff.

It's called seaweed.

- I'll go and print that out.

- We'll have to taste it.

- Taste it? Ugh. You

won't catch me eating

a green bush, no thank you.

I'll stick to my Hoobybun.

- Groove, if we didn't

hate getting wet

and we lived

underwater like a fish,

then we'd have to eat like a

fish, otherwise we'd starve.

Will you order some seaweed

please, Hubba Hubba?

- It would be my pleasure.

- Yuck.

- Come on, Groove. It's

probably not that yuck.

- Besides, we need to

learn how to eat it

if we're going to live

underwater like a fish.

(upbeat piano music)

♪ If a Hoob didn't

mind getting wet ♪

♪ I wonder just how

wet a Hoob would get ♪

♪ We could Hoobysplash

and Hoobysplish ♪

♪ Wiggle and giggle

with the shiny fish ♪

♪ It would be Hoobacious

in the wavy waters ♪

♪ To swim the way the

Tiddlypeeps taught us ♪

♪ Hoobysplash and Hoobysplish ♪

♪ Dine on the fish's

favorite dish ♪

♪ Now I don't mind admitting ♪

♪ Don't take this

as a Hoobysnub ♪

♪ But I don't think

we're going to like ♪

♪ Seaweedy fishy grub ♪

♪ Hoobysplash and Hoobysplish

would be so grand ♪

♪ A seaweed supper wasn't

what I had planned ♪

♪ Tea time with the

fishes, Hooby groovy fun ♪

♪ I'd rather have

Hoobygoop in a Hoobybun ♪

♪ We could wiggle and

giggle with the shiny fish ♪

♪ And Hoobysplash

and Hoobysplish ♪

♪ It would be Hoobacious

in the wavy waters ♪

♪ To swim the way the

Tiddlypeeps taught us ♪

♪ Tea time with the fishes

could be such fun but ♪

♪ I'd rather have

Hoobygoop in a Hoobybun ♪

♪ Hoobygoop in a Hoobybun ♪

♪ Yeah! ♪

- It smells, interesting.

Oh...

- Well, come on, let's try

it. You go first, Groove.

- Me? Why me?

- Cause you'll eat anything.

- Cause you're the bravest!

- Oh, thank you,

Tula. Excuse me.

Let's get this over with.

- Well?

- Eh, it's...

it's...

- It's what?

♪ What, what ♪

♪ What ♪

- It's Hoobalicious,

Iver! It's almost

as good as Hoobygoop

in a Hoobybun.

You know, if I didn't

hate getting wet,

I could definitely eat green

bushy stuff all the time.

- Oh you're right. It's not bad!

- So now we know, we

could live underwater

if we didn't hate getting wet.

Is it time for Hoob News?

(yawning)

- I'm sorry, Groove,

are we keeping you up?

- No, no, no, no,

it's just all this

swimming and eating

is making me sleepy.

- Oh no!

- What?

- We forgot about sleeping!

If we lived underwater,

we'd have to sleep somewhere!

- But where?

♪ Where, where, where ♪

♪ Where ♪

- Where do fish sleep?

- [Hubba Hubba] Hubba! Hubba!

- Oh, here's Hubba Hubba.

- Did I hear you ask,

where do fish sleep?

- Yes, Hubba Hubba.

- Oh, Hoobygalooby! You

asked that question at just

the right moment. I have a

story here from a Tiddlypeep,

which I am quite certain

you will find useful.

- [Narrator] Once

upon a time, there was

a little silver

fish called Edward.

Every day, Edward swam

with all his friends

in a big group called a shoal.

Every night, all of Edward's

friends settled down to sleep.

Some slept inside the coral.

(snoring)

Some slept beneath the seaweed.

(snoring)

Some slept under the sand.

(snoring)

Poor Edward. He didn't

have anywhere to sleep.

- All these places are

full of other fish.

There's no room for me.

- [Narrator] So Edward swam

round and round and

round all by himself.

One night, a big old

whiskery fish swam by.

- Why aren't you in bed?

- [Narrator] Asked the

big old whiskery fish.

- Every fish should

have a place to sleep.

- I don't have a bed of my own.

- [Narrator] Bubbled

Edward sadly.

- Follow me.

- [Narrator] So Edward followed

the big old whiskery

fish round the coral,

past the seaweed, over the sand,

until they came to

a great big rock.

Then, they swam underneath

where it was dark and safe.

- There's a perfect bed for you.

- [Narrator] Said the

big old whiskey fish.

And he was right. Edward

snuggled down under his rock,

and had the best night's

sleep he'd ever had.

(snoring)

- Ooh, I don't think I'd like

to sleep in coral. Too spiky!

- I agree. So that means

we could sleep in sand,

under some seaweed,

or under a rock.

What do you think, Groove?

- Oh, I think I'd want to

take my Hoobypod with me.

Oh, sorry, I've

got the Hoobyhiccs.

(laughing)

- Do you know, I

suppose if we had to,

we could wrap seaweed around

ourselves like a Hoobypod.

- Good idea, Iver! Let me try.

- Hang on, if I lived

underwater like a fish

and ate seaweed, well, if I

made a Hoobypod out of seaweed

then I'd just end

up eating my bed.

- Stop it, Groove!

You'll just have to stop

yourself from eating your bed.

Now, yes.

I don't think this will

be a bad Hoobypod at all.

(hiccup)

- Oh, I'm sorry, I can't

get rid of my Hoobyhiccs.

- Serves you right for

eating my fishy bed.

- I wonder if you can get

the Hoobyhiccs underwater.

- Oh, I wouldn't think so.

Fish must hold their

breath all the time.

Holding your breath

is the best way

to get rid of Hoobyhiccs.

Groove, why don't

you hold your breath?

- Good idea.

- Wait a minute. If

we lived underwater,

would we have to

hold our breath?

- Well of course. We couldn't

breathe underwater, could we?

- No, I couldn't do it anyway.

Ah, that is a good way to

get rid of the Hoobyhiccs.

- How do fish hold their breath

all the time do you suppose?

- [Roma] Roma!

- Oh, here's Roma.

Perhaps she'll know.

- Hoobledoop, Roma!

- Hoobledoop, Hoobs!

Now, Hubba Hubba

emailed me earlier

and asked me to find

out all about fish.

Well, as you can see,

I'm standing in front

of this Hoobacious

t*nk full of fish.

Peeps call these

places aquariums.

Don't you think it would be

fantabby-Hooby to

be a fish, Hoobs?

- Yes, Roma, we do.

But there was something

we wanted to ask you.

- In a minute, Iver.

Now, there's one thing about

being a fish that worries me.

Breathing.

But I've made the most

amazing discovery.

Fish don't breathe in the

air like we Hoobs, you see.

Fish breathe underwater.

But how do they do it?

Well, I'll tell you.

See those

feathery floaty bits on

either side of their heads?

- [Iver] Yeah.

- Well, those are gills. Fish

use these gills to breathe.

Water flows over the gills,

and all the little bits of air

in the water go

straight into the fish.

Isn't that Hoobacious?

- Yes.

- So Hoobs, now you know,

that's why fish can live

underwater and Hoobs can't.

So Iver, what was it

that you wanted to ask?

- Actually I think you might've

already answered it, Roma.

- Well, I try to

be thorough, Hoobs.

(laughing)

This is Roma Hoob in an

aquarium, not underwater,

but feeling Hoobaciously

fishy. Hooble toodle doo!

- Hooble toodle doo!

- Well, we can move like a

fish, and eat like a fish,

and sleep like a fish,

but there is no way

we can breathe like a fish.

- Nope, Hoobs don't have gills.

- So, the answer to the

question, if Hoobs didn't hate

getting wet, could we live

underwater like a fish is, no.

- No?

- [Hubba Hubba] Hubba! Hubba!

- No?

- No.

- But I'm fairly certain that

on one of my Hoobnet searches

I've seen pictures of

peeps swimming underwater

without holding their breath.

- Have you?

- Yes. Why don't you

ask the Tiddlypeeps?

They're sure to know.

But hurry! It's almost

time for Hoob News.

- Oh, let's get those

Motorettes singing!

(hiccup)

- Sorry, Hubba Hubba.

(magic chime)

♪ Yeehaw! ♪

♪ We're off to see

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ On the road we go ♪

♪ We're off to see

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ They're smart,

they're fun, they know ♪

♪ The Tiddlypeeps,

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ If we need to know ♪

♪ Who, what, where,

why, when and how ♪

♪ We'll ask them, off we go ♪

♪ Yahoo! ♪

♪ We're off to see

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ On the road we go ♪

♪ We're off to see

the Tiddlypeeps ♪

♪ They're smart, they're

fun, they know. ♪

- [Tiddlypeeps]

Hoobledoop, Iver!

- Hoobledoop, Tiddlypeeps.

We've been trying to find out

if a Hoob could live

underwater like a fish.

I think we've found

out that we can't.

- Why not?

- Well, we don't

have gills like fish

so how could we breathe?

- You could use one of these.

- Hoobygalooby! What's that?

- It's called a snorkel.

- A snorkel? How does it work?

- It's easy. You put

this bit in your mouth,

the top sticks out of the water,

then you breathe air through it.

- Tula, Tula! Order

some snorkels now!

- Yes, yes.

- Wave to Groove and Tula in

the Hoobmobile, Tiddlypeeps.

- [Tiddlypeeps] Hoobledoop,

Tula! Hoobledoop, Groove!

- Excuse me, what are those

funny glasses on the

top of your head for?

- They're called goggles.

You wear them so you

can see underwater.

- Hoobygalooby!

Tula, Tula! Order some

of those goggles, too.

- Goggles!

- So, do you think Hoobs could

live underwater like a fish?

- Well maybe not quite live but

you could visit for a while.

- Well, visiting would

still be Hoobacious.

Well, I've got to get

back to the Hoobmobile now

but thanks very much,

Tiddlypeeps! Hooble toodle doo!

- [Tiddlypeeps]

Hooble toodle doo!

(upbeat piano music)

- Here are the

snorkels and goggles!

- Isn't it Hoobacious? If

we didn't hate getting wet,

we could breathe underwater!

- Yeah, let's have a look.

Ah, look at this.

Ah, look at these!

So, which is the goggle

and which is the snorkel?

- You put the goggles

over your eyes..

- And the snorkel in your mouth.

(relaxed electric guitar)

- Time for Hoob News!

♪ One, two, three, four, five ♪

♪ Once Tim caught a fish alive ♪

♪ Six, seven, eight, nine, ten ♪

♪ Toodle put it back again ♪

♪ Why did you let him go? ♪

♪ He tried to bite

my finger so ♪

♪ Which finger did he bite? ♪

♪ I don't have any fingers,

so that's alright. ♪

♪ One, two, three, four, five ♪

♪ Once Tim caught a fish alive ♪

♪ Six, seven, eight, nine, ten ♪

♪ Toodle put it back again ♪

♪ One, two, three, four, five ♪

♪ Once Tim caught a fish alive ♪

♪ Six, seven, eight, nine, ten ♪

♪ Toodle put it back again ♪

- Hubba! Hubba!

So Hoobs, are you ready

with your Hoob News?

- [Tula, Iver, and Groove]

We're ready Hubba Hubba.

- Take it away!

- Hoobledoop woo to all

you Hoobs out there.

Welcome to Hoob News, the news

show for Hoobs everywhere.

I'm Iver.

- I'm Tula.

- And I'm Groove.

- And today we've been

asking the question...

- If Hoobs didn't

hate getting wet,

could we live

underwater like a fish?

- [Iver] First we had a look

at Hoobloads of

different kinds of fish,

and the first thing we

noticed was how they moved.

- [Tula] They swim!

- [Iver] Tiddlypeeps are

very good at swimming,

so I went to see them, and

they taught me how to do it.

- [Groove] All that

swimming made us hungry.

- [Tula] And that's

when we realized,

that if we wanted

to live underwater,

we'd have to be able

to eat underwater.

- [Groove] We found out

that fish eat seaweed

so we decided to try it, and

it was really rather tasty.

- [Iver] We found out from a

story that fish sleep in coral,

or in the sand, or in

seaweed, or under rocks.

- [Tula] We made a

Hoobypod out of seaweed.

- [Iver] But Groove ate it!

- [Tula] Still.

If we had to sleep

in a Hoobypod made

of seaweed, we could.

But then came the big question.

If you lived underwater, would

you have to hold your breath?

- [Groove] I tried holding

mine, but I couldn't.

Not for long.

- [Tula] We wondered

how fish do it.

- [Iver] Roma taught us

that fish have gills,

which take the air out of the

water so they can breathe.

- [Groove] Hoobs

don't have gills,

so we couldn't live underwater.

- [Iver] Then the

Tiddlypeeps showed us a way

of breathing underwater

using a snorkel!

- [Tula] But you

couldn't breathe through

a snorkel all the time

- [Iver] So, the

answer to the question,

if Hoobs didn't

hate getting wet,

could we live underwater

like a fish is no.

- But with a snorkel

to help us breathe,

we could visit for a while.

- [Tula, Iver, and Groove]

Hoob, Hoob, Hooray!

- And so it's thanks once again

to Iver, Tula, Groove, and Roma,

for giving Hoobs everywhere

a little peep into

the world of peeps.

And remember, wherever you are,

have a nice day, and

hooble toodle doo!

- [Tula, Iver, and

Groove] Hooble toodle doo!

- Where are you going?

(labored breathing)

- Went to find

some fish to visit.

- Good idea!

- Hang on, I haven't got

mine, I haven't got mine,

I don't have gills, you know!

♪ Hubba Hubba's in Hoobland ♪

♪ And Roma's

somewhere far away ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ The Motorettes are singing ♪

♪ We keep the engine spinning ♪

♪ Hoob, Hoob, Hooray! ♪

♪ The Hoobmobile is

coming your way! ♪

♪ The Hoobs are here

so what do you say? ♪

♪ Hoobs! ♪
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