Waybuloo - Dealing with Passings

NOTE: This feelspasta is mostly inspired by Teletubbies - Dealing with Passings by Rohan Hodern.

Do you viewers have heard of Waybuloo? It's a television series 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 (who worked on Bob the Builder), filmed by the Foundation in Glasgow and animated and directed by Gallus Entertainment. The Piplings practice yogo, a gentle form of exercise similar to yoga, which the viewers and their parents can participate in. The program makers describe it as "...a philosophy for a happy life, and is like nothing adults will have ever seen before". There was also a spin-off version which had Dave Lamb in it too. But there was a lost episode, which made me sad. I hope you bring in tissues...

One day, it was a Friday, and I was home. It was a crisp winter morning. just got a rare Waybuloo DVD that somebody found.

The DVD was called “Waybuloo – Going Bananas and other stories”. The cover consisted of the Piplings in a green background, with De Li being the nearest.

The first six episodes listed were: Going Bananas, Tricky Kicky, Jumpybug, Pipling Rhythm, Echo Cave, and De Li's Trick. The last episode listed was “Dealing with Passings”.

“What an unfamiliar episode title…” I spoke.

I felt really interested in this DVD I thought of watching it, but I didn’t have enough time to watch it...

So, iI finally got a chance to watch the DVD the day after.

The opening was normal, then it took me to the menu. It consisted of the Piplings from the episode “Going Bananas”, where Yojojo was trying to eat a banana, but it was silent.

I pressed play to watch them from start to finish.

The first four episodes were good, but the final episode? It was so depressing…

Before the episode started, there was a warning:

“This episode was produced in dedication for the passing of a young Waybuloo fan, and this episode is put on this DVD to promote Waybuloo being pulled off of CBeebies. The content you are about to see is not for anybody who is easily sensitive. Watch at your own risk.”

“Oh, I am so sorry for this Waybuloo fan.” I muttered sadly under my breath.

The intro was normal, even Dave said, “Welcome to Nara”.

The first segment started. De Li came into the shot riding on her scooter and noticed the Narrator and walked up to him.

“Hi-Hi!” greated De Li.

“Look, De Li!” Dave began. “You are playing with your favourite rabbit; Ariel.”

Just then, a cyan rabbit dressed in a blue coat came hopping out of a rabbit burrow.

“There she is.” Dave said.

De Liturned around and gasped when she noticed Ariel.

“De Li play with Ariel!” De Li said excitedly.

De Li stepped onto Nok Tok's Naracar and rode it around while Ariel began to follow her.

De Li slowly rode the Naracar along with Ariel. Dave then said: "Oh, what fun! You both are having a ride in Nok Tok's lovely naracar, isn't it?"

When De Li and Ariel reached The Piplings' houses, the former heard the cheebies. She then ran out of the shot to find the rest of the Piplings.

"Let's play peeka! We find cheebies!" De Li said. afterwards, all the other Piplings entered the scene. Dave then said: "Time for Peeka everybody!".

Then they started playing Peeka as usual. After they played peeka, It went to another segment.

“Look! De Li and Ariel play together.” Nok Tok stated.

“De Li and Ariel play together” Yojojo giggled.

De Li then sat down on the grass and petted Ariel. She loved her favourite rabbit very much she would never let anything bad happen to her.

“That's so cute!” The cheebies all said. "Nice!" Dave stated.

“De Li play with everyone?” Lau Lau asked.

“Yes.” They answered. They all ran, leaving Ariel and the Naracar behind.

Ariel then walked up to the Naracar and sniffed it.

As De Li and the others were playing, Dave said: "Oh! This looks kinda interesting." Nok Tok asked her something.

“De Li, Ariel, De Li favourite rabbit?”

“Yes, Ariel De Li favourite rabbit.” De Li replied.

She and the others then decided to play with each of their favorite things. Dave then said: "So much fun, isn't it?"

But a few seconds later, they all heard the sound of metal falling and a skull cracking, startling them.

The charactes looked offscreen and De Li gasped loudly.

Just then, it turned into what happened to be...the most heartbreaking scene in Waybuloo history.

Ariel was lying on the ground stunned, with the Naracar handle crushing her head.

“Ariel! NOOOOOOO!!!” De Li screamed.

They all ran up to Ariel and De Li moved the naracar away from Ariel.

She then picked her up and tried to check if she was OK.

Ariel could move one of her paws, she seems to still be alive.

“Ariel OK?” De Li asked worriedly.

Ariel moved her paw for one more time and finally died.

The characters were shocked. In fact, their faces changed from their regular happy faces to frowns.

“Ariel… no…” De Li moaned, about to cry.

“Oh dear, Ariel had died.” Dave said, sounding fakely sad.

"ARIEL DIED!” All of the characters but Dave replied, sounding the saddest.

De Li began to shed tears and started crying.

Her sobs were very realistic I felt really horrible watching this.

Lau Lau choked a couple of sobs, while Yojojo sniffled, trying to not cry.

“Nok Tok not cry, Nok Tok not cry.” Nok Tok said under his breath, trying not to cry.

However, he couldn’t hold his tears back he just sobbed, too. Yojojo put his hand on his shoulder.

It showed a shot of all the Piplings and Cheebies sobbing and grieving for Ariel.

It then cut to another scene. This time, it showed the characters in this episode standing in front of a tombstone, And it was definetly Ariel's funeral. The tombstone read: “Here lies Ariel. The best rabbit De Li ever had.” Nok Tok then came up to the altar and gave everyone a speech, which was apparently a death about Lau Lau's favorite rabbit Ariel.

Nok tok said this: "Piplings, Cheebies, Narabugs, Squigglies, Naramoles, and others, we gather here, say goodbye, Ariel. Ariel, good friend. Due, get hit by Naracar, pass away. Sleep tight, Ariel. Everyone, miss you."

“Oh look. Ariel had gone up to heaven. She went to a better place now.” Dave said, about to cry.

The others nodded tearfully.

“We will always love Ariel.” The Narrator said.

“We always love Ariel.” One of the cheebies said, starting to cry, too.

“And we will always love each other very much.” Dave said.

“EVERYONE MISS ARIEL!” The characters that were on screen yelled in tears.

They embraced and sobbed very hard. Their sobs sounded very real as if their actors were depressed. They even began shedding dozens of tears as they embraced.

Just then, the final scene warmed my heart. Nok Tok said: "Everyone, De Li, feel better. We always miss Ariel! Ariel good friend." "De Li know, De Li know." De Li said. "Piplings, go home." Lau Lau said. Yojojo then replied with: "Piplings agree. Home, this way!" And throughout the entire segment, When Dave said "That's what happens when a Pipling feels happy", depressing piano music played. Then, all the 4 piplings said "Waybuloo!" but they said it calmly. and then the Cheebies waved goodbye quietly. After that, Dave said: "See you all again soon." as the credits rolled. The credits were normal. and this time, the CBeebies logo was normal.

It then took me back to the DVD Menu. I was stunned by this episode I warmed my heart with, too. I thought of uploading the episode to YouTube so I recorded it and published it.

I had thousands of views, 500 comments, and 1K likes.

I showed the viewers the footage and they was stunned. Some commented that they even cried for a bit, too.

My viewers allowed me to keep the DVD since the lost episode wasn’t disturbing and sadder.

If you ever think of somebody you lost in your life, this episode I just saw would explain how everybody feels.

Poor Piplings… but actually not.

THE END!