SMARTROT
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Bumble Button
Giant flat turquoise four-hole coat button, orange thread eyebrows, tiny mitten hands and wobbly feet.
TeachesAsking for help
EpisodeThe Zipper Mountain
PersonalityAn enthusiastic fixer who thinks asking for help might spoil the triumph.
Catchphrase“Help makes room for hooray!”
The script.
Bumble tries to drag a gigantic zipper and finally asks for a teammate.
0–6s
Bumble: I can open this! I am a button of tremendous strength. Mostly in my eyebrows.
Bumble tugs a comically oversized pillowcase zipper and scoots backward.
6–14sBumble: This is too tricky for me alone. Will you hold the pillowcase while I pull?
Bumble stops pulling and looks toward a nearby helper puppet.
14–24sBumble: We did it! All that work for one sock? Whoever owns this has a very dramatic foot.
Together they open it. An enormous soft sock flops gently out.
24–31sBumble: Help makes room for hooray!
Bumble and the puppet wave from inside the loose sock cuff.
More episodes.
5 new episodes starring Bumble Button. Each is a 30-second script: tap one to read it.
asking for help with something hardThe Stuck JarBumble cannot open the paint jar, so he asks Lula for help instead of struggling alone.With Bumble Button, Lula Ladle · tap for the script
- 0-6s Art table. Bumble squeezes a paint jar with his tiny mittens. His thread eyebrows strain.
Bumble Button: Come on, lid! Open up! Pretty please? - 6-16s He slumps, then waddles over to Lula.
Bumble Button: Lula, can you help me open this? / Lula Ladle: Sure! Hold the bottom. - 16-25s Lula hooks her ladle on the lid. They twist together.
Lula Ladle: One, two, three! / Bumble Button: It is moving! - 25-30s Pop! Four blue paint dots splat onto the paper, matching Bumble's four holes. They cheer.
Lula Ladle: Matching dots! / Bumble Button: A button picture! Help makes room for hooray!
“Help makes room for hooray!”
asking for help at a good momentWait for the PageBumble's kite string is tangled, but Dingby is busy reading, so Bumble finds a gap to ask.With Bumble Button, Dingby Bell · tap for the script
- 0-6s Park. Bumble holds a big knot of kite string. Dingby reads a picture book aloud to herself on a bench.
Bumble Button: Oh no. Knots everywhere! My kite cannot fly. - 6-16s Bumble starts to speak, then stops and waits, tapping his feet.
Bumble Button: She is reading. I will find a gap. - 16-25s Dingby turns the page and looks up. Bumble steps in.
Bumble Button: Can you help untangle this? / Dingby Bell: Ding! Yes, I can. - 25-30s The string unwinds. The kite zooms up and its tail ties itself into a neat bow on Dingby. She jingles.
Dingby Bell: Ding-a-ling! / Bumble Button: Fancy! Help makes room for hooray!
“Help makes room for hooray!”
asking for directionsBug Books Are Where?In the big library Bumble cannot find the bug books, so he asks Cleo instead of wandering.With Bumble Button, Cleo Compass · tap for the script
- 0-6s Library. Tall shelves everywhere. Bumble spins in a circle, confused.
Bumble Button: Where are the bug books? I am lost in the letters. - 6-16s Cleo Compass walks by, needle wiggling. Bumble waves.
Bumble Button: Cleo, can you help me find bug books? / Cleo Compass: Follow my needle! - 16-25s They march down one aisle and stop. Cleo points up.
Cleo Compass: Bugs, right here. / Bumble Button: Thank you! - 25-30s Bumble pulls a book. On the cover is a ladybug wearing a button as a hat. He gasps.
Bumble Button: She is my twin! Help makes room for hooray!
“Help makes room for hooray!”
asking for a useful tipThe Tippy TowerBumble's block tower keeps tipping, so he asks Foldo for one useful tip and tries it.With Bumble Button, Foldo Froglet · tap for the script
- 0-6s Floor. Bumble stacks tiny blocks on top of a big one. Clatter! Down they go again.
Bumble Button: Third time! It keeps falling! - 6-16s Bumble turns to Foldo, who is folding paper nearby.
Bumble Button: Foldo, what is one thing I could change? / Foldo Froglet: Big blocks on the bottom. - 16-25s Bumble restacks, biggest first. The tower stands tall and steady.
Bumble Button: It stands! It really stands! / Foldo Froglet: Nice building, Bumble! - 25-30s Bumble carefully sits on the very top like a turquoise hat. The tower holds. He waves.
Bumble Button: Ta-da! Button on top! Help makes room for hooray!
“Help makes room for hooray!”
asking someone to share a jobToo Many CupsBumble tries to carry every snack cup at once until he asks Rubb to take a few.With Bumble Button, RUBB · tap for the script
- 0-6s Snack time. Bumble totters forward with a wobbly tower of cups stacked to his nose.
Bumble Button: I can do it! Probably! Wobble! - 6-16s He stops before they tip and looks at Rubb.
Bumble Button: Rubb, could you carry some, please? / Rubb: Yes. Hand me three cups. - 16-25s They walk side by side, each with a neat little stack.
Rubb: Easy now. Slow steps. / Bumble Button: Much better. No wobbles! - 25-30s They set the cups down in perfect lines at the same moment, then both take a bow.
Bumble Button: Snack team, assemble! Help makes room for hooray!
“Help makes room for hooray!”
First 20 crew.
The other characters from the first new wave. Swipe to meet them.
