Difference between revisions of "Sleepless in LazyTown"

**Episode chronology**
	Sleepless in LazyTown
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Episode no.	05
Original airdate	August 19, 2004
Story by:	Adam Peltzman; Magnús Scheving
Written by:	Noah Zachary; Cole Louie; Magnús Scheving
Directed by:	Steve Feldman; Magnús Scheving
Featured song(s)	"Wake Up"
Robbie's Disguise(s)	Softball uniform
Guest character(s)	-
The Great Crystal Caper	Swiped Sweets
	List of Episodes

Latest revision as of 14:31, 27 September 2018

Premise

Pixel is staying up too late at night playing video games, and Sportacus encourages him to get to sleep on time, explaining that sleep is the source of his own energy. Robbie overhears this and hatches a plan to deprive Sportacus of sleep by creating a “noisy ball” that keeps him awake all night. When Sportacus starts losing energy, Stephanie and the kids uncover Robbie's plot and they make sure to get lots of sleep so they can beat Robbie in an all-or-nothing baseball game.

Plot synopsis

Prologue

Sportacus is exercising, then he realises it's 8:08PM, which is his bedtime. He actvates the bed and gets in it to sleep.

Main episode

Late at night, Pixel is up playing video games, while the other kids are getting their sleep. When morning dawns, Pixel is still playing video games, and he remembers that he's supposed to meet his friends for baseball. Robbie, who couldn't fall asleep, finds a spot on the bench and sleeps there, but a fly is buzzing around him and he catches it in the rubbish bin. Sportacus, Stephanie and Ziggy are setting up the baseball game and they practise a shot. Ziggy misses the ball, which wakes Robbie up. Pixel finally arrives, and due to lack of sleep, he falls down while trying to catch the ball. Sportacus tells them about sleeping, which is his secret energy source.

Meanwhile, in Robbie's lair, he builds a “noisy ball” out of noisy things, and Pixel brings his Remote Controlley 6000, a machine that controls the body of a person, to a baseball game. When Pixel sleeps again, Robbie introduces himself as the new pitcher, and gives Sportacus the “noisy ball”. While all the other kids except Pixel get their sleep, Sportacus is kept awake by the ball, as he tries to search for it.

The next day, Sportacus is unusually late to baseball, so Stephanie sends him a letter, and he arrives tired. Stehanie and Ziggy try to wake him up with several things, such as a bass drum, alarm clock and saxophone, but none work. They then hatch a plan to get the Remote Controlley 6000 to help him move. Ziggy controls it, then Pixel does it, nearly crashimg Sportacus into a tree. On the night, Pixel finally gets his sleep to help Sportacus.

Back in the airship, Sportacus discovers that the “noisy ball” kept him awake. The next day, Pixel wakes up and tells the others to do so with the song “Wake Up”. Sportacus arrives and shows the ball to Pixel, revealing to him that Robbie was trying to keep him awake. Sportacus then goes to sleep on the bench when Robbie arrives and plays baseball. Robbie misses every shot, so he puts Sportacus on the pitchers place. Two strikes are done without Sportacus responding, then on the third strike, Sportacus wakes up and hits the ball all the way imto Robbie's lair. They then congratulate their victory with a lesson learned: “Sleeping is everything.”

Epilogue

Robbie is trying to get some sleep, but the “noisy ball” wakes him up.

Gallery

LazyTown at night.
So this is making all the noise!

Trivia

A timeline hole exists between this episode and Defeeted: In this episode Sportacus doesn't know how to play softball and Stephanie is teaching that to him, but in Defeeted the Mayor references the last year's Sportacular Sports Day when Sportacus did a baseball trick.
- It is possible that Sportacus did a trick with a baseball, without actually playing the game itself, just as kicking the football as he did in Defeeted requires no knowledge of the soccer rules.
- It is also possible that Sportacus knew how to play all along and is merely humoring Stephanie in this episode by letting her explain the game to him.

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-{{Infobox character
+{{Infobox episode
-| name            = Stingy
+| episode_name    = Sleepless in LazyTown
-| image            = Stingy.png
+| image            = 1x05.png
-| caption          = [[File:Stingy_Name.png]]
+| caption          =
-| icelandic_name  = [[Nenni Níski]]
+| episode_no      = 05
-| actor/puppeteer  = [[Jodi Eichelberger]]
+| airdate          = August 19, 2004
-| voice            = -}}
+| story_writer    = [[Adam Peltzman]]<br>[[Magnús Scheving]]
+| writer          = [[Noah Zachary]]<br>[[Cole Louie]]<br>[[Magnús Scheving]]
+| director        = [[Steve Feldman]]<br>[[Magnús Scheving]]
+| song            = [[Wake Up]]
+| disguise        = [[Robbie's softball uniform|Softball uniform]]
+| guest_star      = -
+| prev            = [[The Great Crystal Caper]]
+| next            = [[Swiped Sweets]]
+}}
+==Premise==
+Pixel is staying up too late at night playing video games, and Sportacus encourages him to get to sleep on time, explaining that sleep is the source of his own energy. Robbie overhears this and hatches a plan to deprive Sportacus of sleep by creating a “noisy ball” that keeps him awake all night. When Sportacus starts losing energy, Stephanie and the kids uncover Robbie's plot and they make sure to get lots of sleep so they can beat Robbie in an all-or-nothing baseball game.
-== Personality ==
+==Plot synopsis==
-Stingy, as his name implies, is the stingiest and greediest person in LazyTown. His catchphrase is "It's Mine!", which he says about almost everything, going as far as to having a song, [[The Mine Song]], where he claims that everything is LazyTown belongs to him. Most of the time, this is played for laughs or to the slight exasperation of his friends except in the episode '''''[[The Great Crystal Caper]]''''' where, after causing Sportacus to lose his crystal, Stingy finds and keeps it. He eventually gives it back and is deeply sorry and vows to try and do better at returning things that don't belong to him. His most prized possessions are his pink piggy-bank, simply called '''Piggy''', and his yellow toy-car, in which he can often be seen driving, or parked next to the Sports Field. Despite his greedy manner, he is a good friend who generally cares about them, and wouldn't let them down. He enjoys playing especially with his friends, but becomes hurt and angry, when he is excluded, or they don't want to play with him, as seen in '''''[[My Treehouse]]''''' when his friends exclude him from their "Friends Forever" club, on the basis that he can't work in a team (Later in the episode this is shown to be true, but he does immensely improve) he ties up the clubhouse with rope (While they are still inside!) and attempts to drag it away, he is stopped by Sportacus, who after asking him why, convinces the kids to let him join. He is very musical, with him shown on the Saxophone, Harmonica, Bass, and Recorder. He is great on roller-blades (Of which he owns many), and is quite good at soccer. He is very clean and hygienic (Owning ''many'' toothbrushes, and he even taught Ziggy how to brush his teeth!) As well as teaching the kids how important it is to clean up, and to keep everything tidy ('''''[[Trash Trouble]]''''').
+===Prologue===
-His best friend is shown to be Ziggy. At the end of '''''[[The Great Crystal Caper]]''''', [[Trixie]] kisses him.
+[[Sportacus]] is exercising, then he realises it's 8:08PM, which is his bedtime. He actvates the bed and gets in it to sleep.
-==Character Development==
+===Main episode===
-===Appearance===
+Late at night, Pixel is up playing video games, while the other kids are getting their sleep. When morning dawns, Pixel is still playing video games, and he remembers that he's supposed to meet his friends for baseball. Robbie, who couldn't fall asleep, finds a spot on the bench and sleeps there, but a fly is buzzing around him and he catches it in the rubbish bin. Sportacus, Stephanie and Ziggy are setting up the baseball game and they practise a shot. Ziggy misses the ball, which wakes Robbie up. Pixel finally arrives, and due to lack of sleep, he falls down while trying to catch the ball. Sportacus tells them about sleeping, which is his secret energy source.
-Of all the characters, Stingy's outfits, are the most similar to each other.
-In the first play, Stingy's outfit, consists of a yellow suit, a large black bow-tie, and black shoes. When he is next seen again, in '''''[[Glanni Glæpur í Latabæ]]''''', his outfit is almost identical to his current one, except his shirt is short-sleeved, he has short socks, and black Oxford Shoes.''
-His current outfit is, a long-sleeved button-up shirt, with small pale blue/grey lines, a daffodil yellow waistcoat, knee-length shorts in the same yellow, long white socks, dark brown loafers, a red bow-tie, with a polka-dot pattern, and cuff links. He is the only person in LazyTown besides Sportacus (Whose hair is always hidden) who has brown hair. He wears it short, with some of it being swept over to the other side.
-He is of average height, he has a circle-shaped face, with dark brown eyes, and heavy eyelids.
+Meanwhile, in Robbie's lair, he builds a “noisy ball” out of noisy things, and Pixel brings his Remote Controlley 6000, a machine that controls the body of a person, to a baseball game. When Pixel sleeps again, Robbie introduces himself as the new pitcher, and gives Sportacus the “noisy ball”. While all the other kids except Pixel get their sleep, Sportacus is kept awake by the ball, as he tries to search for it.
-===Personality===
+The next day, Sportacus is unusually late to baseball, so Stephanie sends him a letter, and he arrives tired. Stehanie and Ziggy try to wake him up with several things, such as a bass drum, alarm clock and saxophone, but none work. They then hatch a plan to get the Remote Controlley 6000 to help him move. Ziggy controls it, then Pixel does it, nearly crashimg Sportacus into a tree. On the night, Pixel finally gets his sleep to help Sportacus.
+Back in the airship, Sportacus discovers that the “noisy ball” kept him awake. The next day, Pixel wakes up and tells the others to do so with the song “Wake Up”. Sportacus arrives and shows the ball to Pixel, revealing to him that Robbie was trying to keep him awake. Sportacus then goes to sleep on the bench when Robbie arrives and plays baseball. Robbie misses every shot, so he puts Sportacus on the pitchers place. Two strikes are done without Sportacus responding, then on the third strike, Sportacus wakes up and hits the ball all the way imto Robbie's lair. They then congratulate their victory with a lesson learned: “Sleeping is everything.”
+===Epilogue===
+Robbie is trying to get some sleep, but the “noisy ball” wakes him up.
+====Gallery====
+<gallery><center>
+LazyTown 1x05.png|[[LazyTown (place)|LazyTown]] at night.
+LTS01E06.png|So ''this'' is making all the noise!
+</center></gallery>
 ==Trivia==
-*According to '''''[[LazyTown's Greatest Hits]]''''', his favorite song is [[The Mine Song]].
+*A timeline hole exists between this episode and ''[[Defeeted]]'': In this episode Sportacus doesn't know how to play softball and Stephanie is teaching that to him, but in ''Defeeted'' the Mayor references the last year's Sportacular Sports Day when Sportacus did a baseball trick.
-*As of '''''[[School Scam]]''''', Stingy starts using glasses for reading.
+**It is possible that Sportacus did a trick with a baseball, without actually playing the game itself, just as kicking the football as he did in ''Defeeted'' requires no knowledge of the soccer rules.
-*Stingy can play [[When We Play in a Band|bass]], the [[Good Stuff|harmonica]], the [[Man on a Mission|saxophone]] and the recorder.
+**It is also possible that Sportacus knew how to play all along and is merely humoring Stephanie in this episode by letting her explain the game to him.
-*Although his motto is "Mine!", he has also disclaimed certain things, like a ladder he finds in '''''[[Sportafake]]''''' ("Hey, what's this doing here? It's mine. Well, no, but it might be my father's.") and Robbie's Robodog in '''''[[LazyTown's New Superhero]]''''' ("That dog is not mine!").
-{{Character List}}
-[[Category:Characters]]
+[[Category:TV Series Episodes, Season 1]]