Characters[]
Roles[]
- Tubb: Baby Tubb
- Sploshy: Baby Sploshy
- Finbar: Baby Finbar
- Terence: Baby Terence
- Winona: Baby Winona
- Amelia: Babysitter Amelia
Synopsis[]
Benjie and Sis dress the Rubbadubbers up as babies. All tucked up in cozy cotton wool beds; Sploshy and Winona agree that they could play babies all day. When Amelia dives into the water and splashes them, the Rubbadubbers ask if she can stop flying until they've finished playing. Amelia is fed up with having to do what the others want and wishes she were in charge.
Plot[]
The episode starts with Reg in the hallway, stating that the children are gone. Then it cuts to Terence asking if any of the Rubbadubbers’ beds are for him, but Sploshy tells him that Benjie and Sis have gone to meet the babysitter. Finbar suggests that Terence should have his bed, because the former did not want to be seen in a baby’s bed. Winona and Sploshy think that lying on the beds feels like floating on clouds, and that they should play babies all day long, which Tubb agrees to. Amelia flies low over everyone’s heads and then dives into the water, thus getting the Rubbadubbers splashed. Everyone wants Amelia to quit flying until they have finished playing babies, but Amelia does not want to. She wishes that she was in charge, and transports herself to the cloud world.
Babysitter Amelia flies over to Baby Sploshy, who is bored, and is confused about Baby Sploshy calling her “Babysitter", until she realises that she is in charge. When Baby Sploshy tells Babysitter Amelia that she is bored, she suggests that she read her book, but Baby Sploshy cannot reach the book, so Babysitter Amelia has to get it for her, when she overhears Baby Terence crying. Babysitter Amelia flies over to Baby Terence, who informs that his cloud is full of rain. While she tries to help him, Baby Finbar and Baby Winona fight over their cloud. As Babysitter Amelia tries to break up the fight, Baby Tubb complains about his head being stuck in a cloud. While Babysitter Amelia tries to push the cloud off his head, it is revealed that Baby Sploshy is hanging from the book’s cloud, about to fall. After this, the babies shout simultaneously, much to Babysitter Amelia’s dismay. After quieting the babies down, Babysitter Amelia sings It’s Never, Ever, Easy, but is interrupted by Baby Sploshy falling.
Baby Sploshy is then saved by Babystter Amelia, and afterwards, the latter deals with the other babies’ problems. Babysitter Amelia is exhausted after caring for the babies, and reverses her wish when they demand her to tell them what to do. Tubb then tries to convince Amelia to fly. When Benjie and Sis arrive for their bath, Amelia lays in one of the beds and falls asleep.
"If only" Phrases[]
- Opening: "If only I was in charge, then I'd get to tell everyone what to do."
- Closing: "If only I wasn't in charge."
Trivia[]
- This is one of the few episodes to contain a musical number.
- On Nick Jr. airings in the US, it was paired with "Tubb the Magician" and the shorts "Row, Row, Row" and "Steamy Mirror."
- The clouds in this episode represent nappies.
- Baby Finbar's line "Hey, you, arr, arr, arr, get off of my cloud" is a reference to the Rolling Stones song Get Off of My Cloud.
- This, along with Speedy Terence, are the only series one episodes to not get a home media release in the United States.
- Reg does not appear in the "if only" wish.
| Rubbadubbers Series One |
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| Tubb the Pirate | Terence's Double Trouble | Reg the Monster | Sploshy's Tail | Tubb the Magician | Deep Sea Reg | Scary Finbar | Train Driver Tubb | Sploshy of the Arctic | Sploshybird | Terence of Arabia | Speedy Terence | Amelia the Babysitter |