"Foodman" is the second episode of Series 1.
Overview[]
Greg, Anthony, Murray, and Jeff are getting ready to eat some Mashed Banana, Cold Spaghetti, and Hot Potato! Foodman, the Hungry Hero comes by to make sure the food The Wiggles eat is healthy. Learn about the Moon and the stars with Henry the Octopus and the sea creatures. Help Captain Feathersword and Wags the Dog batten down the hatches aboard the Good Ship Feathersword before a howling windstorm hits port!
Song List[]
- Hot Potato from Yummy Yummy
- Teddy Bear Hug from Yummy Yummy
- D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur) from Yummy Yummy
Plot[]
Kaz the Cat[]
Kaz, Max, Bejamin and Carolyn are preparing a picnic in the park. Carolyn decides to bring juice, water and milk to drink, but everyone else has different ideas on what they can eat. Carolyn then settles things by suggesting they bring bread, cheese, meat, salad and fruit to share, and banana cake for dessert.
Kindergarten[]
Kids make a collage out of paper clothes and different items, including cutting out green legs.
Wigglehouse[]
The episode starts off with Murray serving peas on the Wiggles' plates one at a time. Greg asks Murray if he can hurry up because he's very hungry. Murray responds that Anthony hasn't arrived yet, then Greg tells him that since Anthony eats so much, the others never get enough to eat and that this is an opportunity for the Professional Wiggles to have a good meal without Anthony eating it all. Murray then asks what Anthony is doing and Jeff answers with watching a television show about his favourite superhero. Anthony is imitating the moves Foodman is making on TV (not shown in episode). Anthony then wonders how great it would be to be a superhero like Apple Boy or Fruit Salad Man. He loves food! That's it! He's Foodman! Anthony later returns to the table and starts acting like a superhero. Starting off with calling the other Wiggles "citizens", then he praises Murray's choice of serving peas and Murray, sounding confused, thanks him. Greg then asks him what's up and he goes to a spot in Wigglehouse, spins around a few times, and ends up in a superhero costume and replies "I'm Foodman!" and the others reply with "Foodman?" Then Anthony recites the Food Pledge, "That's right Foodman. Able to eat tall sandwiches with a single bite, faster to the table than a speeding train, I am Foodman, the hungry hero!".
Wiggly Trivia[]
- Will Foodman save the day?
- Do the Wiggles need saving?
- If not, can he save himself?
Murray is serving peas (just like before) and Foodman comes in and takes a piece of bread that was on Jeff's plate and gives some positive features and gives permission to serve it. Then Dorothy comes in carrying a cake and greets the Wiggles. Foodman asks her what she has, and she replies with "It's a special cake. Yummy for my tummy Anthony, Yummy for my tummy!" Anthony then asks her if she was planning to eat the whole thing and then he cuts only a small slice for her leaving Dorothy a little sad saying, "If you say so". Foodman later comes back to the table, Jeff falls asleep, and Greg finally replies that he's not hungry anymore and that the food is already cold. Foodman then suggest heating the food up. Murray loses track of counting and has to start again like he did in the beginning and Greg rushes to his room with Murray coming after him. Foodman, now free of anyone in the room starts eating the cake and then he enters a dream surrounded by food then the real Foodman replies that he eats sensibly, and that Anthony will get a stomachache from eating the cake. Anthony replies that his stomach does hurt, then gets woken up by the others who tell him he was having a bad dream, which finally saves him from becoming Foodman. Anthony then says it was a terrible dream and made his tummy hurt then Greg replies it wasn't his dream that upset his stomach. Then Anthony says he ate the cake so Dorothy wouldn't have tendency to eat too much, and Greg then tells him he ate the entire cake and that he isn't really a superhero. Then Anthony decides that it's not a good idea to eat too much, then he asks Dorothy about the type of cake she made, and she replies with "Rose Petal Cream Cake!" and Anthony gets surprised and asks if the cake was made of roses and Dorothy replies with "My favourite food!" which leaves Anthony moaning while Dorothy and the other Wiggles laugh.
Henry the Octopus Puppet Show[]
Henry the Octopus tells his friends about outer space.
Captain Feathersword's Pirate Show[]
Captain Feathersword tries to set the pirate cartwheel record when a storm arrives. While Captain and Wags watch the storm, the howling winds accidentally make the Captain's voice high pitched. Wags uses a fan to return Captain's voice to normal, but then the storm resumes. This time, Captain hides behind Wags so the wind can't change his voice again. It works, and the storm heads out to sea. Captain continues trying to set the record, but he accidentally cartwheels off the dock.
The Chase[]
The Wiggles are playing tennis when the ball is thrown high into the air. Captain Feathersword comes by on his bike and catches the ball in his mouth. The Wiggles, Henry, Wags, Officer Beaples, and Dorothy chase after him.
Alternate titles[]
- The Moon and Stars (Sprout title)
Trivia[]
- When the Wiggles pledge allegiance to Foodman as he says the Food Pledge, they are humming the melody to "Fruit Salad".
- This episode marks the first appearance of Foodman.
- He appeared again in Toot Toot! and Ready, Steady, Wiggle! (TV Series 5) In Cold Spaghetti Western and Hot Poppin' Popcorn, he is played by Paul Paddick.
- Anthony transforms into Foodman by spinning around. This is a reference to how Diane Prince transforms in the 1970's Wonder Woman TV series.
- While reciting the Food Pledge, Foodman says he is "able to eat tall sandwiches with a single bite" and "faster to the table than a speeding train". These are references to the Superman phrases "able to leap tall buildings in a single bound" and "faster than a speeding bullet" respectively.
- This episode was released on the TV Series 1 Collector's Box Set as a 20-minute version, which has "Teddy Bear Hug" and the Wiggly Trivia removed.
- In the PVD, the song "Hot Potato" is duplicated in different versions.
- Dorothy is absent in the Taiwanese version.
- Teddy Bear Hug is absent on the Box set due to a copyright claim by Raffi, the person who originally wrote this song as well as others. This also happened on the Classic Wiggles version of the episode due to them reusing the same master created for the TV Series 1 Collector's Box Set. The song, however, was seen when the series aired on Playhouse Disney and Sprout in the USA and on Nick Jr. in the UK.
- The music that plays when Dorothy appears is the same tune that plays in The Wiggles Movie when she is welcomed at her birthday party.
- During the Kindergarten segment, there is a Thomas the Tank Engine backpack
- On November 1st 2020, the episode was uploaded on The Wiggles' YouTube channel.
- This episode aired on Playhouse Disney before the Yule Be Wiggling DVD was released in America.
Goofs[]
- On the TV Box set Version, you can hear the Wiggly Trivia music for a split second before it cuts to the next scene.
- The fade effect for "D.O.R.O.T.H.Y. (My Favourite Dinosaur)" is briefly seen.
- In the Captain Feathersword's Pirate Show segment "The Windstorm", Captain Feathersword was wearing his 1993-1997 jacket.
- In later versions, the first five seconds during the second part of the Wigglehouse segment were cut off.
- When Greg, Murray and Jeff pledge allegiance to Foodman, it's made extremely obvious that the backdrop was placed on the Wigglehouse set, as you can see Greg's bedroom door on the left side of the screen.
- When Foodman was giving Dorothy a small amount of her cake, a boom mic can be seen at the top.
See Also[]
- 雞腿超人 (Taiwanese adaptation)
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