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⚫ | ''Spot a Dottywot''| Spottywot plays hide and seek with his sister but instead finds a human wearing a hat with what look like 'tufty-flufties' (WotWot for antennae), and then hears the growling sound of another animal that has something that seems like a big tufty-flufty. It eventually turns out to be a lion's tail, and the Wotwots learn how lions are good hiders.
| ''Spot a Dottywot''
⚫ | Spottywot plays hide and seek with his sister but finds a human wearing a hat with something looking like tufty flufties and also hears a growling sound of another animal with something that seems like a big tufty flufty. It eventually turns out to be a lion's tail and the Wotwots learn how lions are good hiders.
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| Wellington | Wellington
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| ''Stripe a Lotty Wotty'' | ''Stripe a Lotty Wotty''
| The Wotwots looks at shadows and find a zebra with fascinating stripes. Spottywot gets out extraordinarily long crayons to paint himself with shadowed stripes. | The Wotwots explore the concept of shadows and learn about a zebra's stripes.. Spottywot gets out extraordinarily long crayons to paint himself with shadowed stripes.
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| Wellington | Wellington
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| ''Plodda Lotty'' | ''Plodda Lotty''
| Spottywot is in a speedy mood and his sister isn't and learns about how tortoises do everything slowly. | Spottywot is in a speedy mood, but his sister isn't. They learn how tortoises do everything slowly.
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| Melbourne | Melbourne
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| ''Drowsy DottyWot'' | ''Drowsy DottyWot''
| It is a hot day and all the animals are snoozing about and the Wotwots intend to do the same and they learn about pelicans. | It is a hot day and all the animals are snoozing about. The WotWots intend to do the same, and end up learning about pelicans.
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| Wellington | Wellington
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| ''Top and Tail'' | ''Top and Tail''
| Spottywot's chair runs out of fruity juice and leaves him hanging on the ship's railings but Dottywot manages to put in apple fuel and while out finding an animal Dottywot's chair runs out of fruity juice as well. The Wotwot's learn how monkeys hang about the place with its long monkey tail. | Spottywot's chair runs out of 'fruity fuel' (juice) leaving him hanging off the railings. Later, while out finding an animal, Dottywot's chair runs dry as well. After refuelling The WotWots learn how monkeys use their long tails to hang about.
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| ''Fluffy Puffies'' | ''Fluffy Puffies''
| The Wotwot's look at the different cloud shapes drifting in the sky and see a polar bear who has white fluffy fur like a cloud. | The WotWots play at finding cloud shapes drifting in the sky and learn about the polar bear, which has white fluffy fur like a cloud.
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| ''Coughy Wot'' | ''Coughy Wot''
| Spottywot's chair coughs and sneezes giving him a hard ride and making it hard for him to draw. The Wotwots eventually learn how Seals bark like coughing and sneezing. | Spottywot's chair has a cold, and the coughs and sneezes are giving him a hard ride. The WotWots learn how a seal's bark sounds like coughing and sneezing.
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| Auckland | Auckland
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| ''Stretch and Grow'' | ''Stretch and Grow''
| Dottywot and Spottywot do stretching exercises and learn that are the same size. They even learn how Meerkats stretch and grow. | Much to Spottywot's disappointment, even after doing extra stretching exercises he turns out to be exactly the same height as his sister. Learning how meerkats stretch up and down gives him an idea of how to ensure he's the tallest after all.
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| Wellington | Wellington
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| ''Sneaky Squawky'' | ''Sneaky Squawky''
| The Wotwots hear a Magpie call outside and find its nest near their ship. Spottywot even finds that his crayons are all gone and Magpies use crayons to decorate their nest but he does get new ones luckily to decorate his bed rather than tidying up. | The WotWots hear a magpie call outside and find its nest near their ship, shortly after which Spottywot discovers all his bright crayons are missing. Another look outside to teaches them how magpies like to decorate their nest with shiny things...
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| Wellington | Wellington
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| ''Twisty Sticks'' | ''Twisty Sticks''
| One of SpottyWot's Tufty Flufties goes straight and spiky after sleeping on it and DottyWot tries to do the same. The Wotwots learn about how porcupines have straight and spiky quills (or tufty flufties in their case). | One of SpottyWot's tufty-flufties goes straight after sleeping on it. In sympathy, DottyWot tries to do the same. They learn how porcupines have straight and spiky quills.
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| Wellington | Wellington
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| ''Skip-a-Lotty Wotty'' | ''Skip-a-Lotty Wotty''
| Spottywot loves skipping and bouncing and got to the zoo to see who else bounces like a boy on a bouncy ball and a lady on a pogo stick and even learn that animals like kangaroos like to bounce around as well. They even see how Kangaroos have pouches for their babies and Spottywot pretends to be a mother kangaroo with his teddy bear. | Spottywot just loves bouncing. On a trip to the zoo he's inspired by a boy on a bouncy ball and a girl on a pogo stick. The WotWots learn that animals like kangaroos like to bounce around as well, and have safe pouches for their babies to stay in when bouncing.
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| Auckland | Auckland
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| ''Bubblywots'' | ''Bubblywots''
| The Wotwots drinks up their fruity loopies really fast and then hiccup up bubbles. They learn how good hippos are at blowing bubbles. | Forced to share a mug because Spottywot has lost his, the WotWots compete to drink up their fruity loopy smoothies so fast that they end up hiccuping up bubbles. They learn how good hippos are at blowing bubbles.
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| Auckland | Auckland
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| ''Egg Sighting'' | ''Egg Sighting''
| The Wotwots see signs about things that are not allowed in the zoo. They find a chicken that lays eggs and learn that they're ship looks like an egg and Spottywot thinks a chicken he sit on it and puts up a sign to keep giant chickens away from their ship. | On a trip to the zoo, the WotWots learn about 'Not Allowed' signs, as well as how chickens sit on their eggs to keep them warm. On realising that their ship looks like a giant egg, Spottywot promptly puts up a sign to keep giant chickens away.
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| Wellington | Wellington
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| ''HicHoppity Wot'' | ''HicHoppity Wot''
| Spottywot has a terrible case of the hiccups and Dottywot tries to help cure them as it is hard with no noses and six digits on each hand. They find a frog that croaks like it would be hiccuping. At the end of the episode Dottywot starts to Hiccup as well. | Spottywot has a terrible case of the hiccups. Dottywot tries to help cure them, but it's hard to 'hold your breath and count to ten' when you only have six digits on each hand. She decides to distract him with looking for animals instead, and they find a frog whose croaks sound like hiccuping.
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| ''Creepalongy Wot'' | ''Creepalongy Wot''
| Spottywot tries to pounce up on his sister but Dottywot's tufty flufty sensed him. The Wotwots see how good a big cat called a serval is good at hiding and pouncing because of how they camouflage. When going back to the ship the Wotwots learn how other animals camouflage.. | Spottywot tries to pounce up on his sister but Dottywot's tufty-flufty senses him. The Wotwots learn what makes the serval cat so good at hiding and pouncing, and explore other types of camouflage as well... leading Spotty to try his own idea of blending into the background.
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| ''Blinky Winky'' | ''Blinky Winky''
| The Wotwots have a staring contest. Dottywot did a good staring job. They see an owl and try to do the staring game with it. When back at the ship they learn how owls use their eyes. | The WotWots are sure Dottywot is unbeatable in a staring contest, until they meet an owl at the zoo. When back at the ship they learn how owls use their eyes.
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| ''Topsy Turvy Wotty'' | ''Topsy Turvy Wotty''
| Spottywot attempts to stunt at the zoo and it looked like he was upside down. Spottywot learns how bats are good at hanging upside down. | Spottywot goes in for some stunt driving at the zoo and manages an impressive loop-de-loop. They learn how bats are also very good at hanging upside down.
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| ''Go the Greens'' | ''Go the Greens''
| Spottywot refuses to eat broccoli soup and Dottywot shows how important it is to eat greens and learn how other animals eat greens. They look at pictures of Rhinos and see how they love to eat greens. | Spottywot absolutely refuses to eat a veggie breakfast smoothie, until they learn about rhinos and he realises that these big, strong animals really love to eat their greens.
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| Auckland | Auckland
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| ''Tickle Toes'' | ''Tickle Toes''
| Spottywot has an itchy spot on his foot but can't reach it in his hover chair. Dottywot tries to help and learn how chimpanzees scratch each other and how clever they both are. | Spottywot has an itchy spot on his foot that he can't reach, and Dottywot tries to help... sort of. They learn how chimpanzees groom each other and do other tasks using their hands and feet.
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| ''HotWots'' | ''HotWots''
| It is a cold day and the WotWot's try to warm up. They go around the zoo to see animals that don't like the cold. The Wotwots come back to see they left the heater on and it melted Spottywot's crayons. The Wotwot's then notice a sheep and see how its coat keeps it warm in the cold. | It is a cold day and the WotWots try to warm up by making cocoa and turning the ship's heater up full blast. They then take a trip to the zoo to see other animals that don't like the cold. By the time they get back, the heat has melted Spottywot's crayons. They then learn about sheepshearing and how it helps the animal regulate its temperature.
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| Auckland | Auckland
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| ''Copy Copy Wotty'' | ''Copy Copy Wotty''
| The Wotwots make animal sounds and hear something copy their Wotty speeches thinking it is another Wotwot and it eventually turns out to be a colourful parrot called a macaw that can copy sounds. | The WotWots are playing at making animal sounds when the hear something copy their wotty language. Thinking it is another WotWot wanting to join in the game, they track the mysterious yellow creature all over the zoo. It eventually turns out to be a colourful macaw parrot.
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| ''WetWots'' | ''WetWots''
| Rain is keeping the WotWots indoors and a bored Spottywot finds a picture of a dinosaur. Disappointed in his hopes of seeing one, he decides to draw his own monster out of many animal parts with Dottywot's help. While hunting for the perfect spiky tail they learn about the Tuatara lizard, which is the same age as the dinosaurs.
| It is raining and the Wotwots can't go anywhere after seeing a dinosaur. Spottywot draws his own monster out of many animals. They learn about the Tuatara which was around longer than the dinosaurs and learn that there's even one in the zoo and see it and eventually change the moose antlers in Spottywot's drawing to Tuatara scales.
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| Auckland | Auckland
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| ''Slurpy Lurpy Lips'' | ''Slurpy Lurpy Lips''
| It is a hot day and everyone in the zoo is asleep except Spottywot who wants to play ball with someone and gets frustrated that Dottywot wouldn't play. He Then decides play by himself but tosses it too far and losses it but then it gets thrown back meaning that someone wants to play with him but it later doesn't get thown back. The Wotwots eventually learn that it is an Orangutan that throws stuff around and out of its exhibit. | It is a hot day and everyone in the zoo is asleep except Spottywot. Frustrated when Dottywot would rather nap than play ball, he decides to find someone to play with at the zoo, and is delighted when something starts throwing his ball back to him out of an enclosure -- until it throws a banana peel out instead! The Wotwots eventually learn that the mystery pitcher is an orang-utan.
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| Auckland | Auckland
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| ''Spring Wotty'' | ''Spring Wotty''
| DottyWot is disappointed to lose a jumping competition. She goes to find an animal with a bouncy name, a springbok and learns how good at jumping they are. | DottyWot is bitterly disappointed to lose a long-jumping competition with her brother. When they learn about the springbok, its agility inspires her to try again.
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| Auckland | Auckland
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| ''Socket Sprocket Pocket'' | ''Socket Sprocket Pocket''
| DottyWot’s chair needs fixing but her brother keeps losing his spanner. One of the zoo's cutest residents shows how to keep important things like how koalas always carry their babies with them. | Several things -- including Dottywot’s chair -- need fixing, but her brother keeps losing his spanner (wrench). In-between repair jobs they learn about the koala, and Spottywot is inspired by how carefully they keep their babies close.
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| Wellington | Wellington
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| ''Sir SpottyWot'' | ''Sir SpottyWot''
| DottyWot reads a book about knights and dragons. SpottyWot decides he will be a knight and he sets tochair to have a mind of its own like a dragon and sets off to find hi own dragon in the zoo and eventually does find a large komodo dragon. | The WotWots are sharing an exciting book about knights battling dragons. An enthusiastic SpottyWot sets his chair to have a mind of its own like a dragon, but when it runs out of control is forced on a real adventure to get it back. They eventually do learn about real large lizards, including the monitor and komodo dragon.
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| ''Floppy Flufties'' | ''Floppy Flufties''
| The WotWots are playing a guessing game with their tufty flufties, will they be up or will they be down? They find a rabbit and see how rabbits have similar games with their ears. | The WotWots are playing a guessing game with their tufty-flufties, will they be up or will they be down? They learn how rabbits have similar games with their ears.
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| Auckland | Auckland
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| ''The Digger They Are'' | ''The Digger They Are''
| The Wotwots find a Digger outside their ship and learn that Wombat's and all sorts of animals are good diggers as well. | The Wotwots find a mystery digger outside their ship and learn that wombats and all sorts of other animals are good diggers as well.
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| Melbourne | Melbourne
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| ''Laugh a Lotty'' | ''Laugh a Lotty''
| The Wotwot's pull faces and learn how good the laughing Kookaburra's are. | The WotWots play at pulling faces and learn how good at laughing kookaburras are.
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| ''Double Bumpies'' | ''Double Bumpies''
| Spottywot thinks he saw an animal with 2 heads but it turns out to be a human with her baby. The Wotwot's learn how animals take care of their babies. | Spottywot thinks he saw an animal with 2 heads, but it turns out to be only a human with her baby. The WotWots learn how animals take care of their babies.
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| ''Ready to Roar'' | ''Ready to Roar''
| SpottyWot's attempt to scare his sister with a loud roar isn’t very scary. So the WotWots head out to find an animal with a terrifying roar that SpottyWot can copy and they eventually get surprisec after seeing a tiger's roar. | Spottywot's attempt to scare his sister with a loud roar isn’t very scary. So the WotWots head out to find an animal with a terrifying roar that Spotty can copy and they eventually get surprised after hearing a tiger's roar.
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| Melbourne | Melbourne
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| ''Stingy Thingy'' | ''Stingy Thingy''
| The WotWots are out smelling flowers when SpottyWot starts to play with a bee only to get stung. He learns that some creatures have a painful way of telling you they don’t want to play like how Snakes bite. | The WotWots are out smelling flowers when Spottywot starts to play with a bee only to get stung. He learns that some creatures have a painful way of telling you they don’t want to play.
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| ''Looky Looky'' | ''Looky Looky''
| SpottyWot spots a creature with hundreds of eyes and hurries to tell his sister. DottyWot is very surprised and they set out to find the mythical multi eyed monster but it then turns out to be the beautiful feathers of a peacock. | Spottywot spots what he thinks is a creature with hundreds of eyes and hurries to tell his sister. They set out to find this extraordinary multi-eyed monster -- which turns out to be the beautiful feathers of a peacock.
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| ''Wot a Ploppy'' | ''Wot a Ploppy''
| SpottyWot is learning to track animals by recognizing their droppings. He sets out to track down the animal that has made an impressively big pile of droppings and eventually finds a moose. | Spottywot is learning to track animals by recognizing their droppings. He sets out to track down the animal that has made an impressively big pile of droppings and eventually finds a moose.
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| Wellington | Wellington
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| ''Prickly Prints'' | ''Prickly Prints''
| The WotWots spot some interesting footprints and track down who made them. SpottyWot decides he can make some interesting paw prints of his own and sees how fascinating a spiny echidnas are. | The WotWots spot some interesting footprints and track down who made them. Spottywot decides he can make some interesting paw prints of his own and sees how fascinating spiny echidnas are.
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| ''True Blue'' | ''True Blue''
| The Wotwots find a blue animal in the zoo that they find out to be a fascinating colour and learn about penguins that would normally be black. | The WotWots find a blue animal in the zoo that they find out to be a fascinating colour and learn about penguins that would normally be black.
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Revision as of 20:06, 6 September 2013

2009 New Zealand TV series or program
The WotWots
Created byMartin Baynton
Richard Taylor
Written byTerri Baynton
Martin Baynton
Theo Baynton
John Carr
Janice Marriott
Peter Salmon
Directed byTheo Baynton
Voices ofNathalie Boltt
Martin Baynton
Janet Roddick
Narrated byMartin Baynton
Nicholas Parsons (UK)
ComposerDavid Long
Country of originNew Zealand
Production
Executive producersMartin Baynton
Richard Taylor
Tania Rodger
ProducersAndrew Smith
Jan Haynes
Running time5 minutes (production executions)
10 minutes (television series)
Production companiesPukeko Pictures
Weta Workshop
Original release
NetworkTV2
Release23 March 2009 –
Present

The WotWots is a New Zealand children's television show which debuted in 2009.

The show features two alien siblings, named SpottyWot and DottyWot, who spend their days exploring the environment where their steam-powered spaceship has landed. Episodes are set in the zoo, at the farm, or on the beach.

Production

The WotWots is produced by Pukeko Pictures, a production company founded by filmmaker Richard Taylor, Tania Rodger, and children's author Martin Baynton. The puppet-like WotWots characters are computer-animated over live-action footage by Weta Workshop, the visual effects company founded by Taylor and Rodger, and well known for its work on the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

Made in New Zealand, episodes are filmed on location at Auckland Zoo, Wellington Zoo and Melbourne Zoo, as well as undisclosed beach and farm regions.

Co-creator Martin Baynton also narrates the series, interacting with the WotWots by asking them questions and translating their speech for the viewer. In the UK, the narration is performed by Nicholas Parsons, and in Poland it is done by Vladimir Press. Baynton also provides the voice for SpottyWot, while South African actress Nathalie Boltt voices DottyWot. Janet Roddick voices the WotWot's computer, but her voice is replaced by that of Fiona Lewis in the UK version.

Broadcast details

Country Broadcaster Screen date
New Zealand TVNZ Kidzone24 March 23, 2009
Australia ABC1, ABC2 April 16, 2009
United Kingdom Five June 8, 2009
Poland MiniMini December 1, 2009 (as Kitka i Pompon)
Canada Treehouse TV February 22, 2010
United States Hub Network, Discovery Kids October 11, 2010
Middle East Baraem
Finland MTV3 Juniori
Portugal RTP
Ireland Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Italy Planet Kids October 15, 2012
Thailand Thai PBS
Singapore Okto March 17, 2010
Malaysia Astro TVIQ
Latin America HBO Family
Turkey Minika
South Africa TopTV
Korea C4U 1 March

Merchandise

Playskool, a toy brand of Hasbro, is licensed to produce the WotWots toy range, and the toys were launched on 2 September 2009.

Partnership with the NZ Ministry of Health

In August 2011, The WotWots became ambassadors for B4 SchoolChecks. It was announced by the Minister of Health (New Zealand), Tony Ryall that the "The Ministry of Health has entered into a partnership with Sir Richard Taylor’s television characters the WotWots to promote B4 School checks."

B4 School Checks are an initiative offering a comprehensive assessment of a four-year-old child’s health and development.

List of The WotWots Episodes

Episode No. Episode Title Summary Animal Zoo
SERIES ONE (2009)
01 Scary Sucky Noise In the first episode, the Wotwots learn about elephants. Elephant Auckland
02 Fruity Loopies The Wotwots have fruity loopies for breaking and learn how giraffes use the necks as drinking straws. Giraffe Wellington
03 Lanky Landing Legs The Wotwots find a pair of pink legs in the zoo and learn how beautiful and fascinating flamingoes are. Flamingo Auckland
04 Spottywot plays hide and seek with his sister but instead finds a human wearing a hat with what look like 'tufty-flufties' (WotWot for antennae), and then hears the growling sound of another animal that has something that seems like a big tufty-flufty. It eventually turns out to be a lion's tail, and the Wotwots learn how lions are good hiders. Lion Wellington
05 Stripe a Lotty Wotty The Wotwots explore the concept of shadows and learn about a zebra's stripes.. Spottywot gets out extraordinarily long crayons to paint himself with shadowed stripes. Zebra Wellington
06 Plodda Lotty Spottywot is in a speedy mood, but his sister isn't. They learn how tortoises do everything slowly. Tortoise Melbourne
07 Drowsy DottyWot It is a hot day and all the animals are snoozing about. The WotWots intend to do the same, and end up learning about pelicans. Pelican Wellington
08 Top and Tail Spottywot's chair runs out of 'fruity fuel' (juice) leaving him hanging off the railings. Later, while out finding an animal, Dottywot's chair runs dry as well. After refuelling The WotWots learn how monkeys use their long tails to hang about. Monkey
09 Fluffy Puffies The WotWots play at finding cloud shapes drifting in the sky and learn about the polar bear, which has white fluffy fur like a cloud. Polar Bear
10 Coughy Wot Spottywot's chair has a cold, and the coughs and sneezes are giving him a hard ride. The WotWots learn how a seal's bark sounds like coughing and sneezing. Seal Auckland
11 Stretch and Grow Much to Spottywot's disappointment, even after doing extra stretching exercises he turns out to be exactly the same height as his sister. Learning how meerkats stretch up and down gives him an idea of how to ensure he's the tallest after all. Meerkat Wellington
12 Sneaky Squawky The WotWots hear a magpie call outside and find its nest near their ship, shortly after which Spottywot discovers all his bright crayons are missing. Another look outside to teaches them how magpies like to decorate their nest with shiny things... Magpie Wellington
13 Twisty Sticks One of SpottyWot's tufty-flufties goes straight after sleeping on it. In sympathy, DottyWot tries to do the same. They learn how porcupines have straight and spiky quills. Porcupine Wellington
14 Skip-a-Lotty Wotty Spottywot just loves bouncing. On a trip to the zoo he's inspired by a boy on a bouncy ball and a girl on a pogo stick. The WotWots learn that animals like kangaroos like to bounce around as well, and have safe pouches for their babies to stay in when bouncing. Kangaroo Auckland
15 Bubblywots Forced to share a mug because Spottywot has lost his, the WotWots compete to drink up their fruity loopy smoothies so fast that they end up hiccuping up bubbles. They learn how good hippos are at blowing bubbles. Hippopotamus Auckland
16 Egg Sighting On a trip to the zoo, the WotWots learn about 'Not Allowed' signs, as well as how chickens sit on their eggs to keep them warm. On realising that their ship looks like a giant egg, Spottywot promptly puts up a sign to keep giant chickens away. Bantam hen Wellington
17 HicHoppity Wot Spottywot has a terrible case of the hiccups. Dottywot tries to help cure them, but it's hard to 'hold your breath and count to ten' when you only have six digits on each hand. She decides to distract him with looking for animals instead, and they find a frog whose croaks sound like hiccuping. Frog
18 Creepalongy Wot Spottywot tries to pounce up on his sister but Dottywot's tufty-flufty senses him. The Wotwots learn what makes the serval cat so good at hiding and pouncing, and explore other types of camouflage as well... leading Spotty to try his own idea of blending into the background. Serval
19 Blinky Winky The WotWots are sure Dottywot is unbeatable in a staring contest, until they meet an owl at the zoo. When back at the ship they learn how owls use their eyes. Owl
20 Topsy Turvy Wotty Spottywot goes in for some stunt driving at the zoo and manages an impressive loop-de-loop. They learn how bats are also very good at hanging upside down. Bat
21 Go the Greens Spottywot absolutely refuses to eat a veggie breakfast smoothie, until they learn about rhinos and he realises that these big, strong animals really love to eat their greens. Rhinoceros Auckland
22 Tickle Toes Spottywot has an itchy spot on his foot that he can't reach, and Dottywot tries to help... sort of. They learn how chimpanzees groom each other and do other tasks using their hands and feet. Chimpanzee
23 HotWots It is a cold day and the WotWots try to warm up by making cocoa and turning the ship's heater up full blast. They then take a trip to the zoo to see other animals that don't like the cold. By the time they get back, the heat has melted Spottywot's crayons. They then learn about sheepshearing and how it helps the animal regulate its temperature. Sheep Auckland
24 Copy Copy Wotty The WotWots are playing at making animal sounds when the hear something copy their wotty language. Thinking it is another WotWot wanting to join in the game, they track the mysterious yellow creature all over the zoo. It eventually turns out to be a colourful macaw parrot. Macaw
25 WetWots Rain is keeping the WotWots indoors and a bored Spottywot finds a picture of a dinosaur. Disappointed in his hopes of seeing one, he decides to draw his own monster out of many animal parts with Dottywot's help. While hunting for the perfect spiky tail they learn about the Tuatara lizard, which is the same age as the dinosaurs. Tuatara Auckland
26 Slurpy Lurpy Lips It is a hot day and everyone in the zoo is asleep except Spottywot. Frustrated when Dottywot would rather nap than play ball, he decides to find someone to play with at the zoo, and is delighted when something starts throwing his ball back to him out of an enclosure -- until it throws a banana peel out instead! The Wotwots eventually learn that the mystery pitcher is an orang-utan. Orangutan Auckland
27 Spring Wotty DottyWot is bitterly disappointed to lose a long-jumping competition with her brother. When they learn about the springbok, its agility inspires her to try again. Springbok Auckland
28 Socket Sprocket Pocket Several things -- including Dottywot’s chair -- need fixing, but her brother keeps losing his spanner (wrench). In-between repair jobs they learn about the koala, and Spottywot is inspired by how carefully they keep their babies close. Koala Wellington
29 Sir SpottyWot The WotWots are sharing an exciting book about knights battling dragons. An enthusiastic SpottyWot sets his chair to have a mind of its own like a dragon, but when it runs out of control is forced on a real adventure to get it back. They eventually do learn about real large lizards, including the monitor and komodo dragon. Komodo Dragon
30 Floppy Flufties The WotWots are playing a guessing game with their tufty-flufties, will they be up or will they be down? They learn how rabbits have similar games with their ears. Rabbit Auckland
31 Peak-a-Beak The WotWots play at drawing pictures in the dark. It’s very hard to do and they are surprised to learn there are animals like the kiwi bird that can see well in the dark. Kiwi Auckland
32 The Digger They Are The Wotwots find a mystery digger outside their ship and learn that wombats and all sorts of other animals are good diggers as well. Wombat Melbourne
33 Laugh a Lotty The WotWots play at pulling faces and learn how good at laughing kookaburras are. Kookaburra
34 Double Bumpies Spottywot thinks he saw an animal with 2 heads, but it turns out to be only a human with her baby. The WotWots learn how animals take care of their babies. Humans
35 Ready to Roar Spottywot's attempt to scare his sister with a loud roar isn’t very scary. So the WotWots head out to find an animal with a terrifying roar that Spotty can copy and they eventually get surprised after hearing a tiger's roar. Tiger Melbourne
36 Fill Bill DottyWot spots a duck bill on the zoo pond. When the whole animal is revealed the WotWots are surprised to find the bill doesn’t really belong to a duck after all it was a platypus that has a bill like a duck. Platypus
37 Stingy Thingy The WotWots are out smelling flowers when Spottywot starts to play with a bee only to get stung. He learns that some creatures have a painful way of telling you they don’t want to play. Bee / Snake
38 Looky Looky Spottywot spots what he thinks is a creature with hundreds of eyes and hurries to tell his sister. They set out to find this extraordinary multi-eyed monster -- which turns out to be the beautiful feathers of a peacock. Peacock
39 Wot a Ploppy Spottywot is learning to track animals by recognizing their droppings. He sets out to track down the animal that has made an impressively big pile of droppings and eventually finds a moose. Moose Wellington
40 Prickly Prints The WotWots spot some interesting footprints and track down who made them. Spottywot decides he can make some interesting paw prints of his own and sees how fascinating spiny echidnas are. Echidna Melbourne
41 True Blue The WotWots find a blue animal in the zoo that they find out to be a fascinating colour and learn about penguins that would normally be black. Penguin
42 Beat-Boppy Wots The Wotwots do some dance steps and learn that Ostriches are good dancers like the flamingoes from earlier on. Ostrich Wellington
43 Picture Puzzle Spottywot plays a puzzle game for his sister to find 3 animals. One that lives in water, one with stripes and one that has a pocket for its babies. Dottywot also learns that there are animals besides kangaroos like possums that have pouches. Possum
44 Colour Conundrums The Wotwots learn about colours and learn about how Chameleon's change colours. Chameleon
45 Lumpy Bumpies Spottywot does a lumpy bumpy sketching on a tree and the Wotwots then find an animal in the water an animal with lumpy bumpy scales which is a crocodile. Crocodile
46 Over the Rainbow The Wotwots see a rainbow and see the great big smile on a Sun Bear's fur. Sun Bear Wellington
47 Trail Tail The Wotwots find a slimy trail in the Zoo and find it was made by a snail. Snail
48 Ready to Rumble The Wotwots learn how Dingoes make their own den and Spottywot decides to make himself a den. Dingo Wellington
49 Wotter Otter Spottywot develops a remote control for his chair and uses it to find his spanner in an animal's exhibit belonging to an otter. Otter
50 Tufty Tops The Wotwots are fascinated by their Tufty Flufties and search for fascinating horns, crests and hair of animals and find a fascinating Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. Cockatoo Wellington
51 Speedy Spots Spottywot and Dottywot have a race with their chairs around the Zoo. Spottywot learns how cheetahs run really fast and thinks it is the spots that make it fast. Cheetah
52 Ready or Notty The Wotwots discover that lots of animals have bright red feathers, scales and fur like Red Pandas. Red Panda Wellington
SERIES TWO (2011)
53 Wotties of Steel DottyWot is fascinated to discover a colony of ants on the farm. SpottyWot is completely unimpressed by such tiny creatures - until he finds out just how strong they can be. Ant
54 Nibble Notty SpottyWot is enjoying a loopy-fruity breakfast in the ship when someone eats his picture he was painting outside. The WotWots go in search of the culprit. Goat
55 Wot Plants After witnessing a farmer planting seeds in the ground, the WotWots learn how seeds can grow. Then SpottyWot decides to plant himself and try to grow a SpottyWot tree. Seeds
56 Wot's New Pussycat The WotWots get up one morning to find some favourite toys have been nibbled in the night. SpottyWot goes off in search of the farm cat to see if it can help them with their problem. Cat / Mouse
57 The TrottyWot DottyWot is exploring the farm when she sees a girl grooming and riding a beautiful pony. DottyWot thinks it would be wonderful to have her very own pony to ride – if she could just find someone to be that pony. Pony
58 Swan Lake The WotWots are sailing paper boats when SpottyWot’s boat lets in water and sinks. He catches a glimpse of the sea monster responsible and sets out to unmask it. Swan
59 Wheelie Wots SpottyWot decides the spaceship needs a new set of wheels and he sets off to find some replacements. He comes across the perfect wheels, but what will the ship think of them? Donkey
60 Wormy Tale The WotWots spot an unusual creature through the Sneak-a-Peak Periscope. SpottyWot thinks it might be a tail that has fallen off another animal. Maybe it’s a WotWot tail? Worm
61 Milky Moo The WotWots can’t decide what to mix for their breakfast loopy drinks. Through the Sneak-a-Peak Periscope they see a cow being milked. Maybe milk would make a tasty breakfast drink? Cow
62 Alpaca Sad The WotWots draw imaginary animals with mixed up heads, bodies and legs. They are very excited to discover that one of their make-believe creature might really exist. Alpaca
63 Whistle Wots The WotWots watch as a sheepdog rounds up a group of sheep. SpottyWot is inspired, but is he inspired enough to herd up the huge mess he made a little earlier? Sheep Dog
64 Tough Crowd DottyWot is having a great day on the farm impersonating animals. But then she find a scarecrow who doesn’t get her jokes. Will the WotWots be able to make him laugh? Scarecrow
65 Sleepless in the Cattle The WotWots can’t sleep. The animals on the farm keep them awake at night. SpottyWot tries to quieten the animals down but he can’t. Maybe it’s time to leave the farm? Turkey
66 Fronds Like These While SpottyWot sleeps on the beach, DottyWot explores a nearby rock pool. She finds some sea anemones and wants to learn all about these amazing creatures. Anemone
67 Moons & Moats When the WotWots build a sandcastle on the beach, a tide comes and washes it away. So the WotWots build a second castle and learn how to protect it from the next tide. Sandcastle / Tides
68 Crabby WotWot To SpottyWot’s horror, the spaceship has run out of bananas for his loopy fruity drink. He goes in search of a giant yellow banana and discovers something altogether more exciting. Paddle Crab
69 Footprints in the Sand The WotWots come across some mysterious foot prints on the beach. They track them across the sand and come to a bird’s nest in the long grass. And the nest has eggs in it! Pukeko (Moorhen)
70 Wot a Racket The WotWots discover a large shell on the beach which sounds like it has a very large ocean inside it. SpottyWot doesn’t want his sister to bring it into the ship in case they get flooded. Conch Shell
71 Gnome Sweet Gnome The WotWots find pictures of mythical mermaids and other creatures on the ship’s computer. They are convinced these creatures are real and go out in search for them on the beach. Gnomes
72 Wind Wotty The WotWots see a kite flying in the wind. They are fascinated and try to find out what else can be pushed and pulled by the wind. Perhaps the wind can even pull them along. Wind
73 Tinkle Winkle The WotWots are exploring the beach and find a starfish washed up on the sand. They want to send it home but first they have to find out where it come from. Starfish
74 Wot Wot Bottle Wot SpottyWot is building a beach sculpture out of driftwood when he comes across a message in a bottle. The WotWots decide to send their very own message in a bottle. Message in a bottle
75 Wot a Grommet The WotWots spy some surfers riding the waves. SpottyWot is enthralled but a little worried by the size of the waves. If only there was a way to ride a surf board without the surf. Surfing
76 Wotty Hermit DottyWot makes a picture out of shells on the beach. When she goes to show it to her brother she finds that some of the shells have moved! Can the shells be moving themselves? Hermit Crab
77 Shiver Me WotWots SpottyWot draws a pirate’s treasure map and goes out digging on the beach in search of his treasure. He doesn’t have much luck until DottyWot helps by making a small addition to the map. Pirates
78 Gulls Gulls Gulls The WotWots spot a seagull diving down into the sea in search of fish. SpottyWot thinks this is a wonderful idea and wants to take their spaceship on an underwater adventure. Seagull

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