About this season
Bananas in Pyjamas is an Australian children's television show that premiered on 20 July 1992 on ABC. It has since become syndicated in many different countries, and dubbed into other languages. In the United States, the "Pyjamas" in the title was modified to reflect the American spelling pajamas. This aired in syndication from 1995 to 1997 as a half-hour series, then became a 15-minute show paired with a short-lived 15-minute series The Crayon Box, under a 30-minute block produced by Sachs Family Entertainment titled Bananas in Pajamas & The Crayon Box. Additionally, the characters and a scene from the show were featured in the Kids for Character sequel titled Kids for Character: Choices Count. The pilot episode was Pink Mug.
Episodes (87)
1. Perfect Fit
Aired 29 August 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas want to buy one of Morgan's paintings to hang on their wall. First they have to work out how to measure the space and choose a painting of the right size.
2. Lost Key
Aired 30 August 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas find a key outside their house. They search unsuccessfully for a lock to match the key, and throw the key away - then realise it was for their front door.
3. Copycat Bananas
Aired 31 August 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas trick the Teddies by copying everything they do. But Lulu tricks the Bananas back by asking them to copy things they can't do.
4. Footprints
Aired 3 September 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas find strange footprints in the sand and decide to track them. The Teddies join in. Gradually they come to believe that the tracks were made by a monster.
5. Star Bananas
Aired 4 September 2001 • 5 min
Rat decides to make a film - Jungle Rat - in which he is to be the hero. But the Banana camera crew end up staging the rescue and starring in the show themselves.
6. Hide and Sleep
Aired 5 September 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas are trying to complete their first jigsaw puzzle. The Teddies visit for a game of hide and seek. However, the Bananas are distracted by the jigsaw.
7. Lost and Found
Aired 6 September 2001 • 5 min
Lulu loses her bracelet while playing on the beach. The Bananas look for it, and find all sorts of things that they've lost, but not Lulu's bracelet.
8. Busy Day
Aired 7 September 2001 • 5 min
Rat has a lot to do this day but he can't do anything until he finds his "To Do" list. The Bananas help Rat look for his list and end up doing all his chores for him.
9. Fool's Gold
Aired 10 September 2001 • 5 min
Amy's excited because she thinks she's found a gold nugget in the creek. She gives it to Rat in exchange for gold panning equipment, but she can't find any more gold.
10. Waiter Bananas
Aired 11 September 2001 • 5 min
Cafe Rat is ready for business, but Rat is too busy cooking to serve the customers. The Bananas help out as waiters, mixing up the orders as they go!
11. Big Cheese
Aired 12 September 2001 • 5 min
Rat advertises a rock concert starring Elton Rat and the Big Cheese Band. When Elton Rat fails to show, Rat and the Bananas have to be the Big Cheese Band themselves.
12. Teddy Friends
Aired 13 September 2001 • 5 min
When the Bananas come to Rat's shop to buy each other a present, the Teddies play a trick on the Bananas and Lulu and Amy pretend to be Teddy Friend Robots.
13. Atchoo Birds
Aired 14 September 2001 • 5 min
Morgan and Amy want to find a mysterious and rare bird. Not far away, the Bananas are sneezing, and the Teddies think they've found a genuine atchoo bird!
14. Three-Legged Bananas
Aired 17 September 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas are learning to tie their shoelaces. They end up tying them to each other so they decide to have a three legged race with the Teddies.
15. Morgan's Mail
Aired 18 September 2001 • 5 min
Morgan complains that he never gets any mail. He decides to write to the Bananas but their reply gets lost. Tolstoy finds it and delivers it to Morgan, just in time.
16. Fixit Rat
Aired 19 September 2001 • 5 min
Rat is offering a new 'Fixit' service - good as new, guaranteed! The Bananas and Teddies bring him all their things that need mending. Rat doesn't know where to begin!
17. Giant Opera
Aired 20 September 2001 • 5 min
Lulu is putting on an opera about two Merry Yellow Giants. The Bananas get ready for the opera and put on their giant costumes but find they can't fit out the door.
18. Yippy Chippy
Aired 21 September 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas and Teddies buy lots of packets of 'Yippy Chips' to collect the special cards inside. But Rat has left out the vital card needed to complete the set!
19. Desert Island
Aired 24 September 2001 • 5 min
It's too noisy for Amy at home and she decides she would rather live on a desert island. She builds a hut on the beach, but soon the others come looking for her.
20. News Flash
Aired 25 September 2001 • 5 min
Rat has set up the Cuddles Avenue Radio station in his shop. Only problem is, there's nothing happening to put on the news. So he decides to make up some stories!
21. Crowded House
Aired 26 September 2001 • 5 min
Rat has too many things in his bedroom and he can't find anything. The Bananas invite him to stay at their house, but it's not as peaceful as Rat would like!
22. Super Sale
Aired 27 September 2001 • 5 min
Lulu organises a Super Sale to help Rat get rid of all the excess stock in his shop. When Rat sees all the crazy bargains, he can't resist buying them all himself!
23. Happy Camper
Aired 28 September 2001 • 5 min
Rat takes a camping holiday at the beach, but he has forgotten to bring half his things and has to keep popping back to get them!
24. Wonderful Cake
Aired 1 October 2001 • 5 min
Rat has made an cake for Morgan's birthday. Unfortunately it keeps meeting with accidents and gets squashed. The Bananas come up with their own indestructible cake.
25. Rat World
Aired 2 October 2001 • 5 min
Rat opens his own theme park in which he is the star. But he finds out that giving the Teddy and Bananas customers a cheesy good time is not all fun.
26. Lulu's Doovers
Aired 3 October 2001 • 5 min
When Rat sees Lulu picking up leaves with a special gadget, he decides to sell them in his shop. The Bananas soon find that they're more trouble than they're worth!
27. Amy's News
Aired 4 October 2001 • 5 min
Amy is disappointed that her photo isn't in the Cuddles Avenue Newspaper. The Bananas help by following her around with a camera, in case she does anything exciting.
28. Full Load
Aired 5 October 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas are having a hard time carrying their shopping and groceries back from Rat's shop. It gets harder when Lulu and Amy ask them to carry more things for them.
29. Garden Gnomes
Aired 8 October 2001 • 5 min
Lulu has bought two garden gnomes from Rat's shop and Rat asks the Bananas to deliver them. The gnomes get broken on the way and the Bananas can't repair them!
30. Street Stalls
Aired 9 October 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas can't think of anything to sell at the Cuddles Avenue Street Fair. So they pitch in and help everybody else and end up helping Rat sell his Ratburgers.
31. Drip Splosh
Aired 10 October 2001 • 5 min
B1 can't get to sleep because of a loud dripping tap. He calls Plumber Rat to help fix it. Rat calls the Teddies, but no one can work out how to stop the tap dripping.
32. Perfect Present
Aired 10 November 2001 • 5 min
It's Lulu's birthday. The Bananas want to buy her the perfect present, but everything they want to give her, she's already got, or someone else is already getting!
33. Ticklish Problem
Aired 12 October 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas promise themselves that they will finish dusting before they can play. They get distracted when the Teddies come over and lose their feather dusters.
34. Guessing Game
Aired 15 October 2001 • 5 min
Rat in a Hat is running a competition to attract customers to his shop; whoever guesses how many beans are in the jar wins. Everyone wants to win, especially Rat!
35. Beat Box
Aired 16 October 2001 • 5 min
The Teddies are having a party and Morgan is in charge of the music. He buys a special "Beat Box" from Rat. The problem is it doesn't sound like party music at all!
36. Horse and Cart
Aired 17 October 2001 • 5 min
Rat devises a very special horse and cart ride for a tour around Cuddles Avenue for Lulu and Amy, in his converted Ratmobile pulled by two very unsusual horses.
37. Night Visitors
Aired 18 October 2001 • 5 min
Rat wants to throw out some clothes, but his rubbish bin is full, so he hides them instead. The Bananas find them and Rat says they were left by night visitors.
38. Backstage Bananas
Aired 19 October 2001 • 5 min
The Teddies are putting on a new play, and Lulu gets the Bananas to help backstage. The rehearsal goes well, but on opening night, things don't run so smoothly.
39. Next, Please
Aired 22 October 2001 • 5 min
Morgan takes Amy to Rat's clinic after she knocks her head on a tree. The Doctor Bananas, assisted by Nurse Rat, are also trying to help Lulu's sore finger.
40. Princess Lulu
Aired 23 October 2001 • 5 min
Lulu wishes she was a princess, when Amy and Morgan fail to notice her beautiful new dress. The Bananas play along and introduce her to Rat as the Princess Lulu.
41. Rescue Rumba
Aired 24 October 2001 • 5 min
The Teddies want to surprise the Bananas with their new dance "The Jelly Rumba". They ask them to come over for a "big surprise". The Bananas see the Teddies waving their arms around and shouting and think they're stuck the house.
42. Flash the Fish
Aired 25 October 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas think it will be easy to look after the new pet Flash the Fish. When they get him home, they realise they've got nowhere to put him!
43. Walk the Fish
Aired 26 October 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas think their new pet Flash the Fish would like to see Cuddles Avenue, so they take him for a walk. But Flash accidentally ends up in the park pond!
44. Too Many Tomatoes
Aired 29 October 2001 • 5 min
When Rat has a tomato plant sale, the Bananas decide to buy the lot, because 'you can never have too many tomatoes' - but soon find out that maybe you can!
45. Quiz Show
Aired 23 October 2001 • 5 min
Rat holds a quiz to find out who is the 'Brains of Cuddles Avenue'. The prize is the world's most delicious icecream cake and everyone is keen to win, especially Rat!
46. Pump Pumpkin
Aired 31 October 2001 • 5 min
Rat is desperate to win an award in the Cuddles Avenue Show. He secretly pumps up a balloon and paints it to win the award for the biggest pumpkin.
47. Picnic Friends
Aired 1 November 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas are having a picnic and wish they had some friends to share all their food. It's not long before Maggie, Tolstoy and the farm animals join them!
48. Morgan's Photo
Aired 28 August 2001 • 5 min
Morgan wants to take a photo for the cover of the Cuddles Avenue Newspaper. He is taking a photo of the Bananas knitting in the park when he spies Kevin the butterfly and runs off after him but he's tangled in the wool!
49. All Aboard
Aired 27 August 2001 • 5 min
Rat builds a train and train tracks to take everyone for rides around Cuddles Avenue. Unfortunately he forgets that to carry passengers, a train needs carriages.
50. Ring, Ring
Aired 2 November 2001 • 5 min
Rat asks the Bananas to take some photos for his photo exhibition. The Bananas go to the Teddies house, but whenever a photo opportunity occurs, they get distracted.
51. Cold Sheep
Aired 5 November 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas are horrified when they find Dolly has been shorn. How will she keep warm? The Bananas solve the problem by knitting her a warm jumper out of her own wool.
52. Winged Heels
Aired 6 November 2001 • 5 min
Amy and Morgan have lots of jobs to do and wish they could go faster The Wish Fairy Bananas attach wings to Amy's shoes and Morgan's scooter to help them.
53. Egg Collector
Aired 7 November 2001 • 5 min
Peck has suddenly stopped laying eggs, causing a crisis in Cuddles Avenue. The Bananas investigate and find that Rat is responsible for the mystery.
54. Scaresheep
Aired 8 November 2001 • 5 min
Lulu and Amy are trying to grow vegetables but Dolly the sheep keeps eating them. The Bananas build a 'scaresheep' to keep Dolly from eating the vegetables.
55. Farm Fresh
Aired 9 November 2001 • 5 min
When the shop runs out of breakfast things, the Bananas have to go to the farm to collect some fresh supplies. They collect the eggs, get the milk and the oranges!
56. No Speaking Day
Aired 12 November 2001 • 5 min
The Teddies are making too much noise, so Lulu decides they should make it "No Speaking Day" so they can have a bit of peace and quiet.
57. Animal Hospital
Aired 13 November 2001 • 5 min
The Vet Bananas look after the sick animals, Maggie, Tolstoy and Dolly. It's a lot of work and the animals keep the Bananas awake most of the night!
58. Barnyard Choir
Aired 14 November 2001 • 5 min
Everyone is finding it difficult to cope with the noise made by the animals on the farm. The Bananas solve the problem by teaching the animals to sing in tune.
59. Farm Show
Aired 15 November 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas are getting the animals ready for show day at the Farm. Morgan is arranging his display of cakes, and Amy and Lulu arrange the flowers and vegetables.
60. Pig's Company
Aired 16 November 2001 • 5 min
Pedro the pig is off his food. The Bananas try many ways to cheer him up, without success. Rat solves the problem by showing that pigs like company when they eat.
61. Jungle Amy
Aired 19 November 2001 • 5 min
Amy wants to play the game Jungle Amy, but Morgan and Lulu are too busy to play with her. She isn't having much fun playing on her own, so the Bananas join in the game.
62. Cold Comfort
Aired 20 November 2001 • 5 min
It's a freezing cold day at the Cuddles Avenue Farm. After their jobs, everyone goes home - but the Bananas and Amy worry that the animals will be freezing!
63. Everybody Welcome
Aired 21 November 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas offer to help Lulu invite everybody to the big barn dance at the farm. They ask the tortoises, Maggie and the farm animals but forget to ask Rat.
64. Nighty Day
Aired 22 November 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas forget to set their alarm, and sleep the whole day. It's night time when they wake up but the Bananas can't understand why it's dark and everyone is sleepy.
65. Rat's Farm
Aired 23 November 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas are in a hurry one day when they call into Rat's shop - they want to get all their farm jobs done quickly so they can go sailing with the Teddies!
66. Cheese Trees
Aired 26 November 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas want to buy some cheese from Rat in a Hat's shop. But he's run out! The Bananas say they'll get him some cheese, and set off looking for a cheese tree.
67. Farm Adventures
Aired 27 November 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas are cleaning up the farm and getting the animals ready for Rat's Farm Adventure Tour, but they accidentally let the animals escape!
68. Hungry Harvest
Aired 28 November 2001 • 5 min
The wheat on the Cuddles Avenue farm is finally ready for harvest. Everyone works hard to bring it in, thinking of all the lovely cakes and bread they will have!
69. Cut-Out Bananas
Aired 29 November 2001 • 5 min
It's a very busy day for the Bananas - they've promised to help Lulu in the park and Morgan and Amy at the farm. So they make some cut-out Bananas to help them!
70. Mooving Cow
Aired 30 November 2001 • 5 min
Lulu is trying to move Camembert into the barn before it starts to pour with rain, but Camembert won't budge. Everyone tries their own plan to get things moving.
71. Tortoise Trek
Aired 3 December 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas are helping Tolstoy and Thomasina on their walk to the pond, as there are a number of obstacles to clear. They come up with some ingenious solutions!
72. Bed Rest
Aired 4 December 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas aren't feeling well so they call on the Doctor Teddies who tell them to stay in bed. When the Bananas get hungry, they call on Rat's home delivery service.
73. Handy Bananas
Aired 5 December 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas want to make the same table that the Teddies have built using a manual from Rat in a Hat's shop. But Rat drops the manual and the pages get muddled up.
74. Mayor Rat
Aired 6 December 2001 • 5 min
Rat is reading his favourite book 'Great Rats in History' and comes across Mayor Augustus Rat. Rat is very impressed and decides that Cuddles Avenue needs a mayor.
75. Sheepdog Bananas
Aired 7 December 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas leave the farm gate open and Dolly the sheep escapes. They decide to become Sheepdog Bananas and chase Dolly all around town.
76. Sir Knight Rat
Aired 10 December 2001 • 5 min
Rat falls asleep reading a fairy story and dreams that he is Sir Knight Rat on a quest to rescue a fair princess and return her to the king to win the reward!
77. Dancing Daze
Aired 11 December 2001 • 5 min
Everyone is excited about the Cuddles Avenue Ball - everyone that is, except Rat. Lulu discovers that the reason Rat doesn't like balls is because he can't dance!
78. Noisy Cow
Aired 12 December 2001 • 5 min
The Bananas trick Rat and the Teddies into believing that Camembert can make all sorts of noises. The Bananas get stuck in the barn and the Teddies have to rescue them.
79. Big Clean Up
Aired 13 December 2001 • 5 min
Everyone has been so busy that the Cuddles Avenue Farm has become a terrible mess. The Bananas want to surprise the Teddies and Rat by giving the farm a big clean up.
80. 2-Wheeler Bananas
Aired 14 December 2001 • 5 min
Amy decides it's time to ride her bike without trainer wheels, but she falls off. The Bananas encourage her to keep trying and she soon gets the hang of it.
81. Where's Lulu?
Lulu can't find her sun hat and umbrella, and is late for the picnic. Then she can't find the picnic. There is much confusion and running around as everyone goes in circles trying to find each other!