Tubby Bye-Bye

Tubby Bye-Bye is the ending sequence to all episodes and videos of Teletubbies. There are two things that signify the start of Tubby Bye-Bye, like when The Magic Windmill stops spinning, even if there are no Magical Events available or the Baby Sun giggles unless that would transition to another scene.

Original TV Series[]

TBB - No — This scene is taken from the original 1997-2001 version of “Teletubbies”. This scene shows the Teletubbies sadly groaning, arguing back (with the narrator and voice trumpets), not accepting the feedback, and saying "No" because they aren't looking forward to "Tubby Bye-Bye". That is after the voice trumpets say the closing line, "Time for 'Tubby Bye-Bye'".

After Tubby Bye Bye For Life — The Windmill stops spinning. (This is shown, before the first scene of the "Tubby Bye-Bye" sequence. (That is, before cutting to the voice trumpet area and where the voice trumpets say their closing line. (The closing rhyme --made by the voice trumpet announcer-- is, "Time for Tubby Bye-Bye!".)

A voice trumpet --before saying the "closing line" (which is at the beginning of the "Tubby Bye-Bye" sequence)-- rises to the right, faces straight (right at the Teletubbies), and announces, "Time for Tubby Bye-Bye!" three times. The Teletubbies (from the moment they hear the "closing rhyme" --made the voice trumpets-- for the third time out of the 3), stop playing. But they are not looking forward to ending the show. The Baby Sun lets out a giggle. As Tim Whitnall (Rolf Saxon in the US) says "Bye-bye" to the Teletubbies they --one by one-- each repeat "Bye-bye" (after the narrator). And they --one by one during the count-- duck behind the hills (while the Teletubbies theme song plays on a piano and in C major). The show --at first sight-- seems to be over, until a random Teletubby reappears, cheats, and says "Boo" (followed by the others who do the same). Then, the show (at second sight) appears to go on again. The Teletubbies giggle again (thinking it is a game and/or a negotiation). (That is, not knowing they are breaking a rule.) However, the narrator catches them, warns (and semi-scolds) them, and says "No". The Teletubbies respond by mimicking his warning and semi-scolding. When the narrator says "No", it is to clarify that it is not a game/negotiation, it is not up for debate, and it's really time to say goodbye. That is, and by extension, this kind of behavior is not okay in Teletubbyland. (It is not up for debate because starting now, the Teletubbies are to follow the "Tubby Bye-Bye" sequence whenever it is "Tubby Bye-Bye" time and when the narrator and voice trumpets say it is time for it.) After the Baby Sun giggles again, the second attempt is the same thing as the first attempt, but the Teletubbies are serious, play it right (without cheating), and wrap up the episode. (That is, while the Teletubbies theme plays again with more instruments and in E major.) Then, the Baby Sun starts to set, while a voiceover says the signature sendoff line ("The sun is setting in the sky, Teletubbies say Goodbye!”). After the signature sendoff rhyme --about the sun setting in the sky and the Teletubbies saying goodbye-- the Teletubbies (one after another --starting with the "Boo" shouter), lead themselves to the Tubbytronic Superdome, climb to the top, and say “Bye-Bye” before jumping into the hole, as the end credits roll and an extended medley of the Teletubbies theme song plays (finally on even more instruments and in E major). As the Baby Sun sunsets, one Teletubby (the "Boo" shouter) reappears from the house's entrance hole, saying "Bye-bye" for a final time, before ducking back down into the house. As the show ends --much to the narrator's relief-- the Baby Sun lets out one final giggle before disappearing behind the hills until the Ragdoll Productions and BBC logos show up. Finally the Teletubbies --properly-- end the program (that is, and without cheating).

Reboot TV Series[]

595 — Teletubbies sadly groaning during the start of Tubby Bye-Bye. (Reboot Series)

In the reboot TV series, the "Tubby Bye-Bye" segment wraps up all episodes, with some minor differences in Tubby Bye-Bye:

The Reboot episodes always end with the windmill stop spinning.
Daniel Rigby (the narrator in the 2015 reboot TV series) or Tituss Burgess (the narrator in the 2022 Netflix reboot TV series) does the role.
When the Voice Trumpet rises and announces the closing rhyme (which is "Time for Tubby Bye-Bye!") it only says it twice like in the original series episodes Emily and Jester and Animals - Snails.
When the narrator says "Bye-bye" to each Teletubby (for the first time before they outsmart the sequence), the instrumental version of the Teletubbies theme song plays in D major.
After the Teletubbies duck down behind the hills, they do not giggle (Possibly to be less sneakier than they did in the original). When the Tubby Bye-Bye fails, all 4 Teletubbies pop up to say "Boo!", their signature instrument plays a small musical cue (Tuba for Tinky Winky, Marimba for Dipsy, Trumpet for Laa-Laa, and Piano for Po) (Most likely to immediately get the narrator's attention to catch them).
After the Narrator and the Teletubbies say "No" in a slightly more flexible but even more serious tone, instead of saying 'Bye-Bye' to each Teletubby again, the Narrator says 'Bye-Bye Teletubbies' and all 4 Teletubbies at the same time say 'Bye-Bye' and duck down behind the hills together at the same time, but for the second time it was successful. This likely shows that the narrator wants to get the sequence over with and that the Teletubbies outsmarted the sequence by accident (but not on purpose unlike the original). Also, the Sun Baby doesn't giggle after the Narrator and the Teletubbies say "No" before he says "Bye-Bye Teletubbies".
The Teletubbies say 'Bye-Bye' and jump in the hole of the Tubbytronic Superdome, always in their usual order: Tinky-Winky (1st), Dipsy (2nd), Laa-Laa (3rd), and Po (4th). The Teletubby that says 'Bye-Bye' for the final time is always different from the "Boo" shouter (the only episodes where they are the same are the colour episodes Red, Purple and Yellow). None of the episodes in the reboot (both the Nick Jr. and the CBeebies) have all four Teletubbies one by one (starting with the "Boo" shouter) pop out of the hole to say "Bye-Bye!" for the final time at the end of the episode; only one Teletubby does so like the original UK version and foreign language versions of the original broadcast version (aside from the Teletubbies Home Videos).
Also, after the Baby Sun starts to set and the closing rhyme is recited, the Teletubbies (when going back to the Tubbytronic Superdome) seem less disappointed and reluctant than the original but are more obedient. However, at the end of the reboot version, once the Baby Sun is set down, it will become nighttime instead of dusk.