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Each episode begins with a title card with an animation of a creature doing an activity that sometimes ends up catastrophic. Some of these animations are found in the closing credits with some being mirrored in contrast to the title card versions. They also mention the director, the writer, and the one who did the storyboard.

Wheelbarrow Bug[]

A bug is shown pushing a wheelbarrow from right to left.

Episodes used[]

  1. The Talking Bread
  2. Professor Dig and his Egyptian Mummy
  3. Schmudge, the German Chimney Sweep

Rollerskating Bug[]

A bug rolls on rollerskates from left to right.

Episodes used[]

  1. Manuel of Mexico
  2. The Snowstorm
  3. The Best Waiters Ever
  4. Cat Family Ski Trip
  5. Lowly Joins the Circus
  6. The Big Date
  7. A Trip Back in Time
  8. Daylight Savings Time
  9. The Best Car Trip Ever
  10. Pumpkin Heads
  11. Superstitious Bananas
  12. Mr. Gronkle Moves Away
  13. Who's too Scared to Masquerade?
  14. A Message in a Bottle

Mouse in Blue Car[]

A mouse rides a blue sputtering convertible from left to right.

Episodes used[]

  1. Pip Pip Goes to London
  2. Busytown Soap Box Derby
  3. The Biggest Storm Ever
  4. The School Dance
  5. Fun-Time Riddle Race
  6. Mr. Fixit's Magnet Machine
  7. Fill'er Up Scotty
  8. There Really Is an Easter Bunny!

Mouse Pushes Shopping Cart[]

A female mouse pushes a shopping cart full of groceries from left to right and stops halfway to wipe sweat off her head.

Episodes used[]

  1. The Missing Bananas
  2. Hilda the Director
  3. Lowly Breaks his Leg
  4. Martha's First Book
  5. Little Fixit
  6. P.J. Pig's Brave Day
  7. The Perfect Gentleman
  8. Cahuchu's Magic Tree
  9. The Mole Machine
  10. King and Queen for a Day
  11. Count on Us!

The Red Jet[]

A red airplane takes off from left to right.

Episodes used[]

  1. A Trip to the Moon

Train[]

Four mice are riding on a train from left to right. (has honking sounds)

Episodes used[]

  1. Camping Out
  2. Summer Picnic
  3. The Field Trip
  4. Roughing It
  5. The Big Move
  6. New Friend on the Block
  7. Grand Hotel
  8. The Knights of Busytown
  9. The Big Dare
  10. The Perfect Wedding
  11. P.S. Pig's Special Friend
  12. Princess Hilda
  13. Ernest's Dish You Can Eat
  14. Drive-Through Movie
  15. Blooming Busytown
  16. The First Halloween Ever

Little Bug and Big Bug[]

A jumping bug gets into a bigger bug's shopping cart from left to right.

Episodes used[]

  1. The Best Babysitter Ever
  2. Hat Pie
  3. The Supermarket Mystery
  4. Hilda for President
  5. The First Balloon
  6. Home Sweet Home
  7. Hold Your Breath!
  8. Pépé The Goodstaire
  9. Santa Needs Help!

Chasing a Car[]

A bug rides a blue convertible (similar to the one the mouse had) from left to right. It surges forwards leaving him to chase it.

Episodes used[]

  1. Patrick Pig Learns to Talk
  2. Good Luck in Rome
  3. Sergeant Murphy's Day Off
  4. Flying Noodles
  5. No Time for Bananas
  6. Pig Will Won't
  7. No More Games, Manuel!

Bouncing After a Wheel[]

A mouse rides a yellow pencil convertible from left to right chasing a loose wheel.

Episodes used[]

  1. Mr. Raccoon's Different Day
  2. Mr. Frumble's New Cars
  3. Sneef in Russia
  4. Sergeant Murphy's Deputy
  5. The Plight of Penelope Parakeet
  6. Denys at Camp
  7. Inventor of the Year
  8. Has Anyone Seen my Book?
  9. Sneef and Sniff at the Opera
  10. Helper's Helper
  11. The Piggy Express
  12. The Spelling Bee
  13. Huckle's Feathery Friends

The Green Car[]

A mouse drives a green car that runs smoothly from left to right.

Episodes used[]

  1. Sneef, the Best Detective in Europe
  2. Cucumber, the African Photographer
  3. The Clean Garage
  4. Sally's First Day at School
  5. Sneef in India
  6. Cave Pigs
  7. Mr. Frumble's Brother
  8. The First Pyramid
  9. Say Cheese, Please!
  10. The First Skis Ever
  11. Mr. Frumble's Birthday Party
  12. Lost in the Swamp
  13. We Won't Go to the Doctor!
  14. Rainy Day
  15. Toof Trouble

Exchanging Shopping Carts[]

The mouse with groceries and the bug with the smaller bug from opposite directions crash their shopping carts into each other and get mixed up.

Episodes used[]

  1. Billy Dog's Bad Day
  2. The Great Pie Robbery
  3. Donut Raffle
  4. Bucketman in Busytown
  5. End of the Rainbow
  6. Never too Small

Mouse Overboard[]

A mouse rides a sailboat from left to right. The waves throw him overboard leaving him to swim after it.

Episodes used[]

  1. Mario, the Venetian Gondolier
  2. Captain Willy and the Pirates
  3. Billy Dog Gets Glasses
  4. Viking Pigs
  5. The First Horseless Carriage
  6. Stanley's Amazing Photo
  7. Leo-Pardo's Smile
  8. Forget-Bur Never Forgets

The Cruise Ship[]

A mouse drives a cruise ship from left to right, carrying a group of his passengers with him.

Episodes used[]

  1. The Three Fishermen
  2. Floating Bananas
  3. Couscous in Gibraltar
  4. Sneef Saves the Queen
  5. Couscous on the Nile
  6. Cucumber in Rio
  7. Oliver's Sandwich
  8. The Best Birthday Party Ever
  9. The Discovery of America
  10. Macaroni Polo
  11. Mr. Gronkle Won't Mind
  12. The Pickle Car Wash
  13. Mr. Bean's Restaurant
  14. Practice Makes Perfect
  15. Albert, the Belgian Barge Captain
  16. The Mystery of the Stone Circle

The Motorboat[]

A mouse rides a motorboat with a flag from left to right.

Episodes used[]

  1. The Sleeping Car Adventure

Boat On Top of a Submarine[]

The same mouse riding in the motorboat is on top of a submarine from right to left.

Episodes used[]

  1. The Biggest Catch Ever
  2. Busytown Regatta
  3. Young Vikings
  4. Cordelia's Debut
  5. Billy Dog's Space Rock
  6. Stage Fright
  7. The Best Christmas Present Ever
  8. Match-makers

Lawnmower Bug[]

A bug similar to the one with the wheelbarrow pushes a lawnmower from left to right. (the bug is silent in this version)

Episodes used[]

  1. The Best Birthday Present Ever
  2. A Big Operation
  3. The Firefighter's Ball
  4. Mr. Frumble Gets a Job
  5. Dad's Neat Job
  6. The Best Amusement Park Ever
  7. A Signal for Peng
  8. Mr. Fixit's Super Submarine
  9. Who's Afraid of the Big Eclipse
  10. The Sleepover
  11. The Big Apple Christmas Caper

Water Cannon[]

A mouse rides a boat with a water cannon from left to right. A big burst from the right knocks the mouse off and the boat continues without him.

Episodes used[]

  1. The Busiest Firefighters Ever
  2. Steamboat Mystery
  3. Mr. Gronkle's Friends
  4. A Tough Test
  5. Peter's Visit
  6. Triple A Deliveries
  7. Niagara Falls Mystery
  8. The Winners
  9. Now I Know My One, Two, Threes!
  10. The First Easter Egg Ever

The Blue Biplane[]

A blue biplane flies from left to right.

Episodes used[]

  1. Couscous, The North African Detective
  2. Ernst and Heidi in the Alps
  3. High Flyers
  4. Sally Cat's First Trip
  5. Cucumber in Machu Pichu
  6. Locked Out
  7. Vanderbuilt's New Shoes
  8. The Best Day for Dennis
  9. Abe and Babe's Christmas Lesson
  10. Now That's Progress
  11. Be My Valentine

The Hill[]

Bugs ride a long convertible over a small hill from left to right.

Episodes used[]

  1. Grouchy Mr. Gronkle
  2. Hilda's Romantic Tea Party
  3. Big Trouble for Bananas Gorilla
  4. Couscous in the Sahara
  5. Cucumber in the Rockies
  6. Newspaper Mom
  7. Peasant Pig's Gifts
  8. The First Bridge
  9. The Best Painter Ever
  10. Cousin Russ
  11. The Royal Game of Dennis
  12. The New Neighbors

Manhole Jumpscare[]

Mice ride a purple car and a sausage convertible from left to right. The mouse in the purple car stops because a bug pops out of a manhole and it causes the sausage car to fly up launching the mice inside and after the purple car drives off, the sausage car continues without the mice inside.

Episodes used[]

  1. The Best Mistake Ever
  2. The Accident
  3. Schtoompah, the Funny Austrian
  4. The Big Story
  5. Ambulance Cake
  6. The First Olympics
  7. Lone Wolf at the Lighthouse
  8. Bananas the Magician
  9. Eager Beaver's Clever Game
  10. Sally Cat's Christmas Dream
  11. Mr. Gronkle Comes to Stay
  12. Counting Chickens
  13. The First Valentine Ever

The Sinking Submarine[]

A mouse drives a yellow submarine from left to right. It starts to go underwater and he abandons ship and swims back to the left.

Episodes used[]

  1. The Treasure Hunt
  2. Hans, the Dutch Plumber

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