Nobody wants to play with Wubbzy because of his long, bendy tail, so he decides to see his friends for help.
Recap[]
In the silly fictional town of Wuzzleburg, the sun is shining and it's a beautiful day. The happiest citizen in Wuzzleburg, an anthropomorphic yellow, rectangular mouse-like creature named Wubbzy, is at the playground and asks several other children to enjoy playing his favorite game, Kickety-Kick Ball with him. They all disagree with playing with Wubbzy as they are disturbed by his "kooky" tail. Wubbzy goes to the workshop of his inventive best friend, a pink rabbit-like creature named Widget, to ask her, if she wants to play with him. She refuses as she is finishing work on a robotic chicken, the Robo-Cluck 3000.
Wubbzy asks what the large machine is: the robot's controls, and Widget tells him to be careful. Wubbzy tells her he won't touch anything and accidentally throws the switch with his tail, causing the robotic chicken to start shooting eggs out of its mouth and runs off. After apologizing, he asks if she could change his tail. Widget tells Wubbzy that she can fix anything, even his tail. She builds the Tail-O-Tronic 3000, a machine that will change whatever tail enters it. Wubbzy hops on to a conveyor belt and enters the machine. His tail is given many different styles, but Wubbzy does not like any of the new tails.
With the Robo-Cluck still out of control, Wubbzy and Widget go to the observatory of Wubbzy's other best friend, a purple bear-like creature named Walden, who is the brains of the trio and the smartest guy in Wuzzleburg. They tell him about Wubbzy's tail being too "kooky" and that no one will play with him because of it. Walden tells him that being different isn't a bad thing, and shows him many "kooky" things that fish, animals, and dinosaurs have. Wubbzy's tail still didn't make him feel special. Widget's robotic chicken busts through the wall and starts shooting eggs everywhere. Walden is worried that it could destroy his dinosaur bones. Widget needs her wiggle wrench to stop it, but she left if in the workshop. Wubbzy uses his tail to not only jump onto the robot but also shape it like a wiggle wrench. She says that twisting the red thruster bolt will cause it to stop. She corrects herself and tells him that she meant the blue one. She then unsurely tells him that it's the red one. Wubbzy decides to twist both bolts with his tail causing the robot to malfunction.
The robotic chicken falls apart, and the dino-bones are safe, all thanks to Wubbzy's tail. Wubbzy finds out that having a "kooky" tail isn't so bad, after all. He heads back to the playground and shows the children there many different actions he can perform using his tail. They are all amazed and want to play kickety-kickball with him.
French: Une Histoire Sans Queue Ni Tête (A story without head or tail)
German: Wubbzy und seine Freunde ("Wubbzy and his Friends")
Portuguese (Brazil): A História do Rabo Esquisito ("The story of the strange Tail")
Portuguese (Portugal): Uma Cauda Esquisita ("A Weird Tail")
Spanish (Latin America): La Mejor Cola de Todas ("The Best Tail of All")
Spanish (Spain): Esta Cola Trae Mucha Cola ("This Tail Brings a Lot of Tail")
Quotes[]
Kooky Kid: Your tail is kooky.
Wubbzy: Oh, this? It's just a normal, everyday tree branch.
Widget: Oh, no problemo, little buddy. I can fix anything. *Gets splat in the face with eggs* Anything except robot chickens.
Walden: Is it a math problem? Wubbzy: No. Walden: Is it a science problem? Wubbzy: No. Walden: How about geophysical psychology in relation to global economics? Wubbzy: Uh.. I don't think so.
Widget: It's the red one, Wubbster! Oh! Wait a minute. Uh, maybe it's the blue one. No, no no no, no, It was the red one. I think.
The first episode was being produced in early 2005.
It is the only episode to be written by series creator Bob Boyle.
This is the first episode to be produced by IDT Entertainment. the last episode to be produced by the company was Everything's Coming Up Wubbzy before being folded into Starz Media shortly after.
This episode was shown in full length on the Wubbcast before its television premiere.
Differences between the prototype version and the final product:
Originally, everybody at the playground would have tiny little tails, except for Wubbzy. They tease Wubbzy for having a long and bendy tail. In the final version, only Wubbzy is seen having a tail.
Walden was going to sing a song about being different. The song was cut from the final version of the episode.
When this episode was shown in Wubbzy's Big Movie!, Wubbzy's voice was re-recorded to sound higher like the rest of the series.
The characters' voices are of a lower pitch than in other episodes.
Being the first episode it introduces running gags used throughout the show. Gags making their debut in this episode include: "Wow!", "Kooky!", "That's not supposed to happen.", and Walden's wacky words (e.g. "Great rings of Saturn!").
In the first scene he appears in, Kooky Kid's voice is different. When he passes by Wubbzy shortly after, his voice resembles that of which would appear in the rest of this series.
In a video coloring book adaptation of this episode, it shows Daizy and Wubbzy flying on a hot air balloon, even though Daizy was yet to be introduced in this show.
A version of the title card without the "WOW! WOW! WUBBZY!" text can be seen on the Wubblog.
A scene in the episode was featured as a NickJr.com birthday e-card, with the only differences being Wubbzy's mouth not moving as he bounces and Widget and Walden's mouths.
This episode was most likely adapted into a Taco Bell kids meal book.
Goofs/Errors[]
Because this episode isn't optimized for widescreen, many animation errors occur.
In the widescreen version, the two characters leaving the screen after Kooky Kid said his tail was kooky disappeared out of thin air. This is due to forgetting to modify the animation.
At a frame where Widget gets hit by an egg from the Robo Cluck 3000, there was a part of her overalls that shouldn't be there.
In the widescreen version, when the Robo Cluck 3000 jumped into the wall, if you look to the left side of the screen, there are some missing parts of the background. Like with the previous animation error, the animators forgot to modify the animation.
When Wubbzy asked which bolt was the thruster bolt, the Robo Cluck 3000's head isn't there.
In the widescreen version, Like with the two characters leaving the screen after Kooky Kid said his tail was kooky disappeared out of thin air, the same thing occurs when all the kids want to play with him, causing them to appear from thin air.
