The Tooth Brushing Badge

3.3 The Tooth Brushing Badge

The Tooth Brushing Badge is both an entertaining episode and a public service. I was able to install good tooth brushing habits in my 4-year-old but putting on this song.

Badge Design

Rectangle with a sparkling tooth brush.

Episode Summary

Opening Squirrel

Happy blowing bubbles in a glass of water.

Start

Duggeee and the Squirrels are on a walk.

Set-Up

A unpleasant and upsetting smell floats across them. They meet Alain L’Odeur, a lion famed throughout the land for his terrible breath. The Squirrels introduce the idea of brushing teeth to Alain L’Odeur. Alain is not concerned about his bad breath or having yellow teeth but he is worried about his teeth falling out and having to eat soup. First, they discuss the type of brush to use. Alain has some extraordinary suggestions. Fortunately, Duggeee has his Tooth Brushing Badge.

Story

First, take your toothbrush, wet it, add just the right amount of toothpaste and brush your tooth for two minutes. A timer appears and the two-minute tooth brushing song appears. Here are some scenes to spot as they scroll past during the song:

• Cycling through Duggee and the Squirrels all brushing their teeth.
• Norrie brushing the teeth of a crocodile.
• 3-D Squirrels brushing their teeth.
• Duggee toothpaste.
• Sparkling teeth Duggee.
• Big smile.
• Dancing tooth.
• Toothpaste squirting onto a toothbrush.
• Duggee with love eyes.
• More dancing teeth.
• Happy bouncing on toothpaste.
• Animals with weak and yellow teeth.
• A mouse, Enid, Naughty Monkey and Frog brushing their teeth.
• A rabbit, goat and squirrel eating their favourite foods.
• The Penguins shielding their eyes from a polar bear’s smile.
• Fox and the chickens exercising.
• Bugs dancing.
• Happy brushing his teeth with his mum.
• Betty’s tooth brushing calculations.
• Tag jumping over the moon.
• Roly covered in toothpaste.
• Norrie simplifying Betty’s calculation.
• The Squirrels throw their toothbrushes in the glasses as the song ends.

Alain L’Odeur is impressed with his clean teeth and fresh breath.

Close and Credits

The Squirrels have earned their Tooth Brushing Badges.

Duggee and Alain L’Odeur tap dance with giant toothbrushes in place of canes.

Style Change

The whole Tooth Brushing Song is an in-your-face style change. The scrolling blocks are something we haven’t seen in Hey Duggee before or since.

Supporting Cast

• Alain L’Odeur.

Get Your Tooth Brushing Badge

Use the Hey Duggee Tooth Brushing Song to practice brushing your teeth for two minutes twice a day.