Tinky Winky, Dipsy, and Laa-Laa walk into the Tubbytronic Superdome, while Po zooms in on her scooter catching up with them. The Teletubbies watch Shannon, Nicolas, Cameron and their dad wash the family car. The Teletubbies wash themselves with their Tubby Sponges and Noo-Noo gets a Tubby wash. Then the Magic Windmill stops spinning for Tubby Bye-Bye.
Featuring: Cameron, Nicolas (uncredited) and Shannon Patterson
Plot (US Version)[]
Tinky Winky, Dipsy, and Laa-Laa walk into the Tubbytronic Superdome, while Po zooms in on her scooter catching up with them. The Teletubbies watch Shannon, Nicolas, Cameron and their dad wash the family car. The Teletubbies wash themselves with their Tubby Sponges and Noo-Noo gets a Tubby wash. Then the Magic Windmill starts spinning and they go outside to watch The Three Ships. Then the Magic Windmill stops spinning for Tubby Bye-Bye.
Trivia[]
- The US Version of Washing The Car aired on September 8, 1998.
- The US Version of this episode has The Three Ships while the UK Version has no magical event.
- The dad in the TV event makes a joke that he is 100 years old. The children reveal that Nicholas was 6, Shannon was 5, and Cameron was 3.
- This episode reuses the opening segment from Guessing Game, the only difference being that when the Teletubbies say 'uh-oh' when the windmill spins, the first few seconds of their heads turning back towards the camera are cut.
- The Washing the Car video was featured in the PC game Favourite Games.
- The car Cameron, Nicolas, Shannon and their dad were washing is the Citroën AX, which was manufactured between 1986 and 1998.
- The Tubby Sponges segment was featured in the VHS Naughty Noo-Noo!.
- Laa-Laa was the missing Teletubby in both versions.
- Tinky Winky was the boo shouter in UK version. Po was the boo shouter in the US version.
- Nicolas Patterson is uncredited for an unknown reason.
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