Waybuloo
Waybuloo is a British-Canadian-American CGI television series originally created by Dan Good and Absolutely Cuckoo. It was commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC, and first aired on CBeebies in May 2009. The 100-episode show was head-written by Marc Seal, filmed by the Foundation in Glasgow and animated and directed by Gallus Entertainment.
Post production, including audio, sound design & editing is done by Platform Post Production. in Toronto . Line produced by Matt Porter and the series producer is Simon Spencer, part of the independent company, RDF Media's subsidiary The Foundation. The program makers describe it as "...a philosophy for a happy life, and is like nothing children will have ever seen before".
Waybuloo is set in the fictional land of Nara. The main characters are the four Piplings, 3D CGI animated creatures with large heads and eyes that they're made in Autodesk Maya, placed on a filmed background, with the second half of each twenty-minute show featuring human children.
The Piplings practise yogo, a gentle form of exercise similar to yoga, so that the viewers and their parents can participate.
The program makers describe it as "...a philosophy for a happy life, and is like nothing adults will have ever seen before".
In 2012 a new shorter version of Waybuloo was released with narration by Dave Lamb to much criticism. The negative feedback was so strong, CBeebies decided to pull the show in favour of the original version on the very next night, this possibly means series 4 never aired, another aspect of the show that has drawn criticism is the fact that despite it being specifically aimed at young children who are just beginning to learn to speak English properly, none of the characters used proper English when talking; words are left out or used incorrectly the wrong tense is used, and the characters serially refer to themselves in the 3rd person.
Characters
;Lau Lau: Lau Lau is the first Pipling, is rabbit, she has a purple coloured body and green eyes, has long ears on top of her head and a puff tail. She also wears a white vest with a white skirt. Lau Lau loves painting and can often be seen behind her easel.;Yojojo: Yojojo is the second Pipling, is monkey, he has an orange coloured body and blue eyes, and has rounded monkey ears on the side of his head. He has 4 thick hairs rising above his right ear which flop over to his left like a comb-over. In Peeka he is often seen hiding in the log and his long tail is often shown also doesn't know. He also wears a blue pair of pants. Yojojo is a talented musician and juggler.
;Nok Tok: Nok Tok is the third Pipling, is bear, he has a blue body with tanned skin. He has a short hair on top of his head and wears a yellow T-shirt. He also has a little tail and brown eyes. Nok Tok is the practical one who fixes things.
;De Li: De Li is the fourth Pipling, is cat, she has a pink body with blue eyes, pointed cat ears on top of her head and a tail with a green tip. She wears a white flower on top of her head. She wears a pink dress. De Li is very fond of her garden.
;Cheebies: A different group of six children who play Peeka and Yogo with the Piplings and engage with them in every episode. The Cheebies often find the solutions to the Piplings' problems.
;Narabugs: Four small butterfly creatures who are thought to be the Piplings' pets. Each one is coloured like its respective Pipling.
Yogo
Yogo is a light form of Yoga practiced by the four main characters in the series. The characters, known as Piplings, demonstrate several poses inspired by things they see in their homeworld, Nara, such as owls, trees, and insects.When the children arrive later during an episode, they then practice the same poses demonstrated by the Piplings at the start of the show.
The cue for both the Piplings and the Cheebies to perform Yogo is an ancient machine, which activates when sunlight falls upon it.
Yogo was developed by the show's producers in association with a Paediatrician and a Health and Safety Consultant. The leaflet produced by the BBC warns parents not to practise Yogo with their children if they are or have been ill, and always to speak to a GP before starting the program.
Peeka
Peeka is a hide and seek game played by the Piplings when the Cheebies arrive at nara, there are multiple places the Piplings hide in or on, in "Moving Things", De Li hid in a hole under a leaf trapdoor, Yojojo hid in a tree branch, Lau Lau hid in the same place Yojojo hid, but lower than him, Nok Tok hid behind a little rock, then he saw the Cheebies and decided to hide ontop of the stone dam, once de li was found, She also hid on the dam with Nok Tok.Errors
YogoIn the first episode, De Li and Lau Lau both switched voices in the 1st wave exercise, this was fixed in the second wave exercise.
When Yojojo almost falls over In the 2nd shell exercise, he says 'whoa', but his lips don't move.
Moving Things
De li Ignored the fact she could float up to the plumatoes rather than jumping
Trumpet
When Nok Tok says 'thinkapow' as he goes to get a wheelbarrow, he sounds a bit like De Li.
Bongleberry Juice
Lau Lau says the pipling picnic blew away, however, it just got messed up.
Add more goofs if you see any in other episodes
Episodes
Series 1 and 2
Footnote 1: S02E38 does not have a title recorded, although it has been aired by the BBC.Series 3 and 4
stated that two more CGI seasons of Waybuloo will be made. Series 3 was aired on CBeebies beginning 3 October 2011.| Episode | Series 3 | Plot/Summary | Series 4 | Plot/Summary |
| 1 | Happiness Parade | Yojojo wants everyone to do one thing together that makes them happy, so the cheebies suggest a Happiness Parade. | Dancing | |
| 2 | Narabug Games | De Li wants to find a game she and her narabug can play together, but the shoehorns she is playing on are too big. | Narabug's Rescue | |
| 3 | Nok Tok's Promise | Going Bananas | ||
| 4 | Bell-buloo! | Flying Birds | ||
| 5 | Yojojo Wants to Share | Strawberries | ||
| 6 | Flower Surprise | Tricky Stick | ||
| 7 | Bongleberry Bubbles | Happy Yojojo | Lau Lau, De Li and Nok Tok gather presents for the cheebies. | |
| 8 | Froggy Rock | |||
| 9 | Follow Nok Tok | |||
| 10 | De Li's Dance | |||
| 11 | Happy Yojojo | Lau Lau, De Li and Nok Tok gather presents for the cheebies. | ||
| 12 | Needing Help | Nok Tok wants to make bongleberry juice for everyone, so De Li goes to pick the bongleberries. | ||
| 13 | Lau Lau's Picture | Lau Lau makes a picture of Nara and gives it to Yojojo, but she is sad to see it go. | ||
| 14 | Go Yojojo | Crawly Caterpillar | ||
| 15 | Most Beautiful Thing | De Li tries to find something that she thinks is the most beautiful thing ever. | ||
| 16 | Flowerstrings | Nok Tok tries to use the Anything Machine to make a flowerstring. | ||
| 17 | Bye Bye Snuggly | |||
| 18 | De Li's Harvest | De Li has grown lots of fruit, vegetables and even bamboo! She shares everything with the other Piplings. | ||
| 19 | Dry Garden | A Surprise For De Li | Nok Tok and Lau Lau are making a surprise flower arch for De Li. Yojojo is very excited and wants to help. | |
| 20 | Carrotbeet Day | The Plumpkin And The Caterpillar | De Li sees that a caterpillar has made a home on her plumpkin. | |
| 21 | Lau Lau's Story | Yojojo's Twinkler Show | ||
| 22 | Toot Toot | Nok Tok Builds a Follow Box | ||
| 23 | Snuggly | Home Swapsy | ||
| 24 | De Li's Lucky Day | Swapsy Time | ||
| 25 | Trumpet Up Top | De Li's Flower | ||
| 26 | Lau Lau's Special Day | Pod Men | ||
| 27 | Feely Box | Hop Chase Game | ||
| 28 | Everybody Happy | Chimey Leaves | ||
| 29 | Yojojo's Big Music Day | Narabug Chase | ||
| 30 | Neither Nest | Dancing Feet | ||
| 31 | Puppet Show | Enormous Neepnip | ||
| 32 | Thirsty Day | Bye Bye Snuggly | ||
| 33 | Wobbly Wheelbarrow | Pipling Playday | ||
| 34 | Crawley Caterpillar | De Li Gets Her Shoehorns | ||
| 35 | Blossom Berry Hop | Tricky Sick | ||
| 36 | Butterfly Day | Narmole Trouble | ||
| 37 | Can't Do It | Toot Toot | ||
| 38 | Hop Chase Game | Bongleberry Bubbles | ||
| 39 | Cloud Gazing | Swapping | ||
| 40 | Very Special Flower | Nok Tok Rock | ||
| 41 | Being Happy | |||
| 42 | Narabug and Songbird | |||
| 43 | Glittery Narmole | |||
| 44 | Nok Tok's Talent | |||
| 45 | Keep Trying | |||
| 46 | Lost Leaf | Lau Lau asks De Li to look after her leaf, however, it flies away, and it is up to the other piplings and cheebies to restore the leaf to lau lau, de li tells lau lau that lau Lau's leaf flew away, lay lay wasn't sad, everyone went to a yellow tree, suddenly, a cheebie spotted lau Lau's Leaf, with the leaf restored to lau lau, she floats up into the air with the other piplings! NOTE: this is the only episode to feature flashbacks | ||
| 47 | Sneezy Nok Tok | |||
| 48 | Nok Tok Picking Carrots | Narmole Day | ||
| 49 | Lau Lau Vegetables | Everyone Play Together | ||
| 50 | Growing Tomatoes | Lau Lau's Bird |
Footnote 1: Series 4 had a controversy with Dave Lamb narrating waybuloo, several parents complained to bring the old format back, BBC then accepted and brought the old format back the very next night, which possibly meant that series 4 never aired