"Counting & Numbers" is the second episode of Series 2.
Official Description[]
Nick Jr. version[]
The Wiggles go through a number of counting adventures beginning with a colourful race. Captain Feathersword finds a heavy treasure chest and opens it, expecting a huge bounty![1]
Songs[]
- I Climb Ten Stairs from Toot Toot!
- Captain Feathersword from Wiggle Time!
- Big Red Car (new video, audio from Big Red Car)
- D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur) from Yummy Yummy
- John Bradlelum from Toot Toot! (1999)
- Henry the Octopus from Wiggle Time!
Plot[]
The Wiggles run a race. Each wiggle crosses the finish line in order and counts "1, 2, 3, 4", respectively. Anthony mentions that we can count on The Wiggles!
Song 1: "I Climb Ten Stairs" (from Toot Toot!)
Scene changes to four big, round, fat eggs inside of an chicken coop. The four eggs are very, very huge and round, with multiple spots covering all 4 of them, top to bottom.
The first big egg hatches and Greg steps out of it. He goes, "Quack, quack, quack!" and walks away.
The second huge egg hatches after and Anthony steps out of the huge egg. He goes, "Quack quack quack!" and walks away the same direction Greg went.
The third huge egg hatches after this which has Murray step out of the egg as he quacks. He walks away as well.
The last and fourth huge egg starts to slowly wobble left to right, nonstop. The previous three Wiggles come back in all quacking, as they watch this huge egg wiggle and shake. The huge egg hatches and Jeff joins in on the quacking as he steps out of the hatched egg. All four wiggles walk over to the middle, standing in front of the four hatched eggs they came out of, and start quacking together.
They want to sing but theyre horrible at it, until Captain Feathersword comes out and they all sing good now.
Song 2: "Captain Feathersword" (from Wiggle Time!)
Murray counts three red socks on the clothesline. Greg counts three yellow socks. Jeff counts one purple sock. Anthony counts one blue sock. That doesn't seem right, but then Henry arrives and declares those are his eight socks. The Wiggles give them to him and continue counting.
Song 3: "Big Red Car" (new video, from the album Big Red Car)
Greg is showing off his magic trick in front of Anthony. If Anthony picks the cup that covers the white chocolate, he wins. Greg mixes the cups like a shell game. Anthony picks a cup but it's a dark chocolate. Anthony eats the chocolate. Now there are two cups, which Greg mixes up. Anthony picks a milk chocolate and eats that one. Greg is frustrated as Anthony concludes the white chocolate is under the remaining cup and proceeds to eat that one too! Anthony then shares his sandwich with Greg, who then smiles.
Song 4: "D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur)" (from Yummy Yummy)
Captain Feathersword finds a treasure chest that's so heavy, he has to push it. After guessing what is inside (gold, jewels and ice cream), he opens it up and finds a bunch of bones; four of them in fact, to his disappointment. This gets the attention of Wags and The Wagettes. Seeing that they like the treasure, Captain decides to let them have it (leading Wags to hug him as a sign of thanks) and gives each bone to Wags and the Wagettes. As the Wagettes head home to enjoy their snack, Wags remains outside. The Captain is left with an empty treasure chest, which is much easier to carry! He then proceeds to take it back to his ship.
Song 5: "John Bradlelum" (from Toot Toot!) (1999)
Murray and Jeff look at two clouds shaped like the numbers one and two. The third one is a rain cloud! The two then quickly rush inside.
The Wiggles get in the Big Red Car and follow Captain Feathersword's boat car past 10 Wiggle Trees to find treasure. The Captain needed help from the Wiggles as he can't count well. Upon arrival, he follows his treasure map to an X under a palm tree on a sandy hill and, after removing the X like a manhole cover, unearths a book that shows how to count to ten. As the Captain practices counting with the book, the Wiggles spot a Wiggle rainbow.
Henry and Flora Door both count how many legs Henry the Octopus has.
Song 6: "Henry the Octopus" (from Wiggle Time!)
Trivia[]
- Henry the Octopus was re-edited with more CGI bubbles added to the footage.
- The 1999 video version of John Bradlelum was used in this episode.
- This episode was uploaded to the WildBrain Preschool YouTube channel on November 1, 2021, then on their other channels as time went on.
- An early GMTV cut of the treasure hunt segment appeared in the 2000 video: Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate.
Alternate titles[]
- Numbers & Counting (TV Series 2 Collector's Edition and Nick Jr. title)[1]
- 1, 2, 3, 4!/Treasure Trove (Sprout title)