The Greatest Gift
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Premise
It’s Ziggy’s birthday, and everyone in LazyTown is excited to throw him a surprise party. When Stingy shows up with an empty box for a present, the kids do their best to find a way to make the present valuable by using their imagination. The kids learn the important lesson that it is better to give than to receive.
Plot synopsis
Prologue
Daytime, Sportacus is checking his calendar in the air ship. He realises that it is Ziggy's birthday. He takes Ziggy's large present out of a wall cabinet and prepares to finish wrapping it. He uses red ribbon which he wraps around the gift by executing a pommel horse gymnastic maneuver. When he is complete he says "Now that's how you wrap a gift!"
Main episode
Stephanie and Trixie are sitting on a park bench. Stephanie is busy writing a birthday song for Ziggy (Boogie Woogie Boo). She is playing the tune on a small pink banjo like instrument. She lets Trixie hear what she has written so far. When Trixie likes it then Stephanie writes the lines into her pink diary. Ziggy comes walking along and they hide what they are doing as his birthday party is a surprise. Ziggy notices them sitting on the bench and he acts nonchalant while wondering if they have remembered his birthday. Stephanie and Trixie make like they are chatting. Finally Ziggy cannot contain himself any longer and he greets them. He asks if they notice anything different about him today and they say no. He tells them to look closer, but they tell him to just say what it is. He says he has grown taller. He compares himself to the marks on the tree from the previous year. He says it is because of tomorrow, a very special day. Trixie and Stephanie continue to play dumb. He complains that the thought they would remember his birthday and then the girls burst out laughing. They admit to him that they were teasing and of course they knew. They tell him about their plans for the party. Ziggy gets really excited when they mention cake. Ziggy is sure that this is going to be the best birthday party ever.
Rotten Plan
Meanwhile Robbie is down in his lair checking his own calendar and he also noticies that it is Ziggy's birthday. Robbie wants to know why the Cookie Boy's picture is on his calendar. Who cares? he declares and goes to watch some TV. But when his TV begins acting up Robbie gives up. He has to find something else to do when he is bored. He soon decides on spying on the LazyTown people. His periscope comes up outside the Mayor's office window. Mayor Meanswell is busy watering his plants and cleaning his office. We notice that the Water spray bottle is the same size, shape and colour as the soap bottle. Stephanie arrives and asks the Mayor if they can have Ziggy's birthday in the office tomorrow. The Mayor says of course! Then he turns around and sprays soap right into Robbie's periscope. Down in his lair Robbie is met with a face full of soap bubbles. Stephanie tells the Mayor she is planning on inviting everybody. The Mayor checks if that also means Miss Busybody. Meanwhile Robbie has switched on his windscreen wipers for his periscope and is back to spying on them. Stephanie begins calling everyone to invite them to the party at the office. As she is calling Bessie, Bessie walks right through the front door (slamming the Mayor behind the door in the process). Bessie is on her cellphone and wants to know what time they start. Stephanie tells her it is the next day. Bessie starts calling for Milford in her shrill voice again so that he can help her with her hair rollers. When the door swings shut again, we see the Mayor behind the door has gotten covered with soap bubbles as well. He runs off after Bessie. The door slams shut again (right on Robbie's periscope and he is bashed in the face).
Robbie now figures out why Ziggy is on his calendar. He takes a look at all the other characters who also have birthdays coming up. We see most of the LazyTown characters listed there. Robbie wonders how many birthday they really need (one every year?). He knows they will throw a party. And he knows they will invite Sportacus.
Epilogue
Trivia
- Ziggy's birthday is on the 14th day of the month, but which month is not clear. Chloe Lang, the actress who plays Stephanie has a birthday on November 14th.
- Ziggy's birthday was also celebrated in the episode "Happy Brush Day"
- The pommel horse maneuver that Sportacus uses to wrap Ziggy's gift is no difficulty for Magnús Scheving who was once a gymnastic champion.
- The box that Sportacus uses for Ziggy's gift must be fairly strong to hold his weight while doing his wrapping routine and a hand stand on top of it.
- Trixie's practical jokes seem to have been toned down this season. We don't see her doing as much naughty stuff as previous seasons.
- While pretending not to notice Ziggy, Trixie asks Stephanie what she had for lunch. Stephanie answers "Chicken". So Stephanie doesn't only eat SportsCandy all the time and is not a vegetarian.
- Robbie's TV is set to the Home Shopping Network.
- The Mayor seems to get slammed behind a lot of doors.
- Robbie's calendar has a picture of Stephanie played by Julianna Rose Mauriello despite that she is played by Chloe Lang in Season 3.
- Robbie's name for Sportacus: "Sportaspot".
