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{{Infobox episode|name = Little Big Mouse|season = 1|number = 3|airdate = April 5, 2000|writer = Joe Fallon
  
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Emily Squires|previous = [[Episode 02: The Lost Rock]]|next = [[Episode 04: Farmer Ken's Puzzle]]}}[[File:Screen Shot 2015-06-13 at 11.33.48 AM.png|thumb|325x325px]]
  
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[[File:Ruth Wesheimer intelligent.png|thumb|325x325px]]
  
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|number = 3
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"The Lion and the Mouse" is episode 3 of ''Between the Lions''.
  
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|image = File:Little Big Mouse Title Card 1.png
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|airdate = April 5, 2000
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|writer = Peter Hirsch<br>and<br>Christopher Cerf<br>Richard Chevat<br>Diana DeCubellis<br>Sarah Durkee<br>Ellis Weiner<br>Joe Fallon<br>Michael K. Fifth<br>Judy Freudberg<br>Tony Geiss<br>Louise Gikow<br>Sean Kelly<br>Sharon Lerner<br>Kathryn Mullen<br>Fred Newman<br>Norman Stiles<br>Belinda Ward<br>Kathy Waugh<br>Tom Whedon
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|director = Lisa Simon
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|previous = [[Episode 02: The Lost Rock]]
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|next = [[Episode 04: Farmer Ken's Puzzle]]
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}}
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'''Little Big Mouse''' is the third episode of Season 1 of ''Between the Lions''.
   
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{| class="article-table"
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==Plot==
  
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!Picture
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The lions read "The Lion and the Mouse". After reading half of the story, [[Cleo Lion|Cleo]] hosts a question with the lion why the little brown mouse slipped through his fingers and if she would help him on Between The Covers. As they read the rest of the story, and during the rest of the story she helps him out of the net.
  
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!Segment
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!Description
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|-
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| [[File:Announcer Bunny Program Preview.png|thumb|250x250px]] [[File:SilentE.jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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|COLD OPEN
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|[[Announcer Bunny Program Preview]]: "Announcer Bunny here to show you what's coming up next on ''Between the Lions!"''
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A clip from [[Silent E]]: [[Silent E: Pin/Pine|Pin/Pine]] is shown.
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|-
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|[[File:Little Big Mouse 1.png|thumb|250x250px|alt=]][[File:Little Big Mouse 2.png|thumb|250x250px|alt=]][[File:Little Big Mouse 3.png|thumb|250x250px]]
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|SCENE 1
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|[[Theo Lion|Theo]] brings in new books for the library and has [[Click the Mouse|Click]] scan them. Theo sees several interesting books that he offers to read to Click, but the latter claims that there isn't enough time. However, when she comes across ''The Lion And The Mouse'', she wants to read it. So Theo gathers the family in the corner in the library and reads the book up to the part where the lion lets the mouse go.
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|-
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|[[File:Little Big Mouse 4.png|thumb|250x250px|alt=]][[File:Little Big Mouse 5.png|thumb|250x250px|alt=]][[File:Little Big Mouse 6.png|thumb|250x250px]]
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|SCENE 1 (Cont'd)
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|[[Leona Lion|Leona]] interrupts the story as she is confused as to why the lion let the mouse go. So [[Cleo Lion|Cleo]] goes "Between the Covers" and has Click drag and drop her into the book to ask the lion personally. The lion explains that the idea of the mouse thinking she could help the lion one day cracked him up and he had to let her go. Afterwards, Theo finishes reading the story.
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|-
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|[[File:Little Big Mouse 7.png|thumb|250x250px|alt=]]
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|SCENE 1 (Cont'd)
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|After the story, the parents head back to work. The cubs loved the story for the mouse's heroic actions, so [[Lionel Lion|Lionel]] suggests they start a fan club for the mouse. Click, disappointed, states that she doesn't have a fan club.
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|-
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|[[File:Gray Hand Removing it from "Little".jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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|Insert
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|The Gray Hand takes the "it" out of the word "little".
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|-
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|[[File:Martha Reader and the Vowelles Hit 5.jpg|thumb|250x250px|alt=]]
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|Puppets
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|[[Martha Reader and The Vowelles]] sing the short "i" sound from their hip hit word "hit".
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|-
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|[[File:Walter and Clay Pigeon it.jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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|Insert
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|And now, it is coming! Walter and Clay run across the screen, as [[Barnaby B. Busterfield III|Busterfield]] feels like something silly might happen. As it turns out, the "it" is literally a giant puppet of the word "it". The "it" continues chasing the pigeons, as the announcer says that "it" is going. However, no sooner has the "it" left, then "it's back!".
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|-
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|[[File:Sky Word Morph it, lit, lip, rip, trip.jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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|Insert
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|[[Sky]]: it, lit, lip, rip, trip
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|-
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|[[File:Golf Announcer's Head Trip.jpg|thumb|250x250px]][[File:Tiger Words Trip Trap Word.jpg|thumb|250x250px]][[File:Tiger Words Trip.jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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| Cartoon
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|[[Tiger Words]]: [[A Trip to Tripoli]]
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Tiger is assigned to write the word "trip" and will win a trip to Tripoli if he makes it. Tiger pulls out a purple marker and writes the word "trap" instead. Realizing his mistake, he uses a lawnmower to erase the A, replaces it with an I and wins the trip.
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|-
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|[[File:Sky Word Morph trip, rip, zip.jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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| Insert
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|[[Sky]]: trip, rip, zip
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|-
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|[[File:The Un-People Red-Orange BG.jpg|thumb|250x250px]][[File:The Un-People vs. The Re-People Zipped.jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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|Cartoon
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|[[The Un-People vs. The Re-People]]: [[zipped]]
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[[Monica Maxwell]] zips a group of rhinos ruining her picnic in her zippered bag. The [[The Un-People|Un-People]] change the word "zipped" to "unzipped", letting the rhinos loose again, until the Re-People re-zip it.
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|-
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|[[File:Stage Word Morph zip, tip, tick, tickle.jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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| Insert
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|[[Stage]]: zip, tip, tick, tickle
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|-
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|[[File:Gawain's Word Title.jpg|thumb|250x250px]][[File:Gawain's Word Tickle.jpg|thumb|250x250px]][[File:Gawain's Word Ending Title.jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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|Film
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|[[Gawain's Word]]: [[Gawain's Word: Tickle|tickle]]
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|-
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|[[File:What's Cooking Title.jpg|thumb|250x250px]][[File:What's Cooking Tickled and Pickled Ribs 6.jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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|Puppets
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|[[What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo]]: Theo and Cleo cook [[Tickled and Pickled Ribs|tickled and pickled ribs]].
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''(with music)''
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|-
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|[[File:Little Big Mouse 8.png|thumb|250x250px|alt=]][[File:Little Big Mouse 9.png|thumb|250x250px]][[File:Little Big Mouse 10.png|thumb|250x250px|alt=]]
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|SCENE 2
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|The cubs are writing fan mail to the brown mouse, leaving Click feeling unappreciated, after everything she has done for them. Click then sings [[I Can Click|a song]] about her abilities. Afterwards, the cubs finish writing the letter and read it over, which disappoints Click even more. Click asks the cubs if they need any help, but when they say they don't, Click leaves, thinking they might never need her again in favor of the brown mouse.
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|-
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|[[File:Ms. Denyce Graves Sit 3.jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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|Celebrity
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|World-renowned mezzo-soprano [[Ms. Denyce Graves (segment)|Ms. Denyce Graves]] sings the sound of the letter I in the word "sit".
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|-
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|[[File:Stage Word Morph it, sit, sick, ick, tick, tickle.jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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| Insert
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|[[Stage]]: it, sit, sick, ick, tick, tickle
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|-
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|[[File:Fred Says Tick.jpg|thumb|250x250px]][[File:Fred Says Tickle 4.jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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|Celebrity
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|[[Fred Says]]: [[Fred Says: Tick and Tickle|tick, tickle]]
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|-
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|[[File:Ruth-WordDoctor-title.jpg|thumb|250x250px]][[File:Dr. Ruth Wordheimer Intelligent 2.jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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|Celebrity/
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Puppets
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|[[The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer]]: Dr. Ruth helps a monkey read the word "[[intelligent]]".
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|-
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|[[File:Rectangular Bug Word Morph in, fin, fine, line.jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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|Insert
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|[[Rectangular Bugs]]: in, fin, fine, line
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|-
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|[[File:Silent E Pin 2 .jpg|thumb|250x250px]][[File:Silent E Pine 2 .jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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|Cartoon
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|[[Silent E]]: [[Silent E: Pin/Pine|Pin/Pine]]
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''[without announcer introduction]''
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|-
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|[[File:Gray Hand Putting the it back in "Little".jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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|Insert
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|The Gray Hand puts the "it" back in the word "little".
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|-
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|[[File:Little Big Mouse 11.png|thumb|250x250px|alt=]][[File:Little Big Mouse 12.png|thumb|250x250px|alt=]][[File:Little Big Mouse 13.png|thumb|250x250px|alt=]]
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|SCENE 3
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|Click sulks over no longer being needed, when she hears the lion family calling for her, and rushes off to see what they need. As it turns out, they just need her to put a large bag of fan mail in the book for the mouse to read, making Click even more distraught. Leona wonders how the mouse feels getting all that fan mail, so Click drops Cleo back into the book to interview the mouse. The mouse states that she's touched. Just as Cleo starts to leave, she walks right into the hunter's net trap and alerts the hunters! The lions know that they have to get Cleo out of the book, and fast!
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|-
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|[[File:Little Big Mouse 14.png|thumb|250x250px|alt=]][[File:Little Big Mouse 15.png|thumb|250x250px|alt=]]
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|SCENE 3 (Cont'd)
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|Meanwhile, Click is leaving the library forever, and refuses to come back when she hears the lions calling for her. Suddenly, Click realizes that Cleo can't get out of the book without her, and races to the rescue. Click quickly drops Cleo out of the book and the latter says that Click was an even bigger hero than the little brown mouse. Then Click requests her own fan club, complete with a website and merchandise!
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|-
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|[[File:Cleo reading a book called "The Adventure of Mississippi Skip and his Pirate Ship" with Lionel.jpg|thumb|250x250px]]
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|[[Designated Reader]]
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| Cleo and Lionel read "The Adventures of Mississippi Skip and his Pirate Ship". (EKA: [[Episode 01: Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West]])
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|}
   
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==Featured Stories==
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*''The Lion and the Mouse'' by Aesop
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*''The Little Brown Mouse and the Mail Bag'' by Aesop
   
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==Gallery==
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[[File:Silent E Pine .png|thumb|325x325px]]
  
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This page has a limited amount of images in the template. For extended images, see [[Episode 03: Little Big Mouse/Gallery|Little Big Mouse/Gallery]].
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==Segments==
  
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* [[Martha Reader]] and [[The Vowelles]]: hit
  
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* [[Barnaby B. Busterfield III]]: it is coming
  
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* Sky Words: it, lit, lip, rip, trip
  
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* Tiger Words: Trip
 
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* Sky Words (again): trip, rip, zip
  
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* The Un-People: unzipped/rezipped
  
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* Stage Words: zip, tip, tick, tickle
  
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* [[Gawain's Word]]: Tickle
  
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* [[What's cooking with Theo and Cleo]]: Tickled and Pickled Ribs
 
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* [[Denyce Graves]]: sit
  
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* Stage Words (again): it, sit, sick, tick, tickle
  
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* [[Fred Says]]: Tickle
  
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* The Word Doctor Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: intelligent
  
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* Letter Bugs: in, fin, fine, line
  
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* [[Silent E]]: pin/pine
  
   
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==Quotes==
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== Quotes ==
 
*Click: (singing) I am not loud / But still I stand above the rodent crowd.
  
*Click: (singing) I am not loud / But still I stand above the rodent crowd.
   
 
*Cleo: Pickle the ribs for 24 hours.
  
*Cleo: Pickle the ribs for 24 hours.
   
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*Theo: 24 hours!?
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* Theo: 24 hours!?
   
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*Cleo and Theo: Na!!!
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*Cleo and Theo: Nah!!!
   
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*Cleo: Put on bib.
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*Cleo: Put on bib.
   
 
*Theo: 'Put on bib.' Bib on!
  
*Theo: 'Put on bib.' Bib on!
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*Busterfield: Thank you.
  
*Busterfield: Thank you.
   
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*Announcer: 'It''s back.''
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* Announcer: It's ''back.''
   
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*Lionel: Hey! What do you say we start a little brown mouse fan club?
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* Lionel: Hey! What do you say we start a little brown mouse fan club?
   
 
*Leona: Yeah!
  
*Leona: Yeah!
   
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*Click: I do not have a fan club.
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*Click: I do not have a fan club.
   
 
*Click: The Complete History of Dinosaurs.
  
*Click: The Complete History of Dinosaurs.
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*Theo: Dinosaurs? Ooh, yummy again. Boy, I've always wanted to learn more about dinosaurs. Maybe I'll just take a little peeky-poo. Hee hee.
  
*Theo: Dinosaurs? Ooh, yummy again. Boy, I've always wanted to learn more about dinosaurs. Maybe I'll just take a little peeky-poo. Hee hee.
   
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*Click: Charlotte's Web.
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*Click: Charlotte's Web.
   
 
*Theo: Yummy. That's one scrumptious book.
  
*Theo: Yummy. That's one scrumptious book.
   
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== Trivia ==
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==Notes and Trivia==
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*This is the first episode to feature the short "I" sound.
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* The Clip of Click Saying There Are 59 Books in this Episode can be found in the Between the Lions PBS Kids Website Bumpers in all episodes from 2000-2003.
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*The scene of Click saying "There are 59 books here." was also featured in the bumper for the show's website in all episodes from 2000-2003.
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* The Charlotte's Web Book cameos in this episode, which makes this the first episode to feature books that have been made into movies, which the Charlotte's Web Book was made into a movie in the 1970's by Paramount Pictures and Hanna Barbera (one of the sound effects companies used for Between the Lions) and a Live Action Remake in 2006 by Paramount Pictures, Walden Media, Kerner Entertainment Company, and Nickelodeon Movies.
  
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*Theo is shown in this episode reading a book "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White.
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* This is the first time the grey hand takes two letters instead of three.
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*This is the first time the grey hand takes two letters.
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* When Cleo gets caught in the net, she says "D'oh!", which is Homer Simpson's catchphrase.
  
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*During the song, Click parodies several Disney Princess musicals.
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*The Lion and the Mouse is later read in the Season 5 episode [[Episode 78: A Tasty Piece of Cheese / The Lion and the Mouse|A Tasty Piece of Cheese / The Lion and the Mouse]]
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* This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in October 2004, along with [[Episode 28: The Fox and the Crow|The Fox and the Crow]].
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*This is the only episode where the song [[Silent E]] does not have an announcer at the beginning of the song.
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*'''Moral of Episode:''' Even small Creatures can do BIG things, And save the day.
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==Goofs ==
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*When Cleo gets trapped in the hunter's net in the book, There was a green screen error as the green screen is seen in the closeup of Cleo's feet and it appears for a few seconds when she gets caught in the net before going back to the jungle in the book.
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*As Fred walks into frame at the beginning of the Fred Says segment, the boom mic is visible.
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* Once the rhinos are loose again, after one of them jumps out of the frame, there is an animation error in which one of the rhinos is missing its head for a split second.
   
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== Goofs ==
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==Releases ==
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When Cleo gets Trapped in the Hunter's Net in the book, There was a Green Screen Error with the background and Camera View of Cleo's Feet.
  
   
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*VHS (Singular episode; March 6, 2001, later reprinted on October 1, 2002)
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== Video ==
  
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*[[Between the Lions: Complete First Season|Complete First Season]] 5-Disc DVD Boxset (January 8, 2008)
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*[[Vowel Power]] (April 15, 2014)
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==Cast==
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*[[Anthony Asbury]] - Lionel Lion, Dr. Ruth's patient
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*[[Kathryn Mullen]] - Leona Lion
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*[[Peter Linz]] - Theo Lion, Gawain
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* [[Jennifer Barnhart]] - Cleo Lion
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*[[Heather Asch]] - Click the Mouse, Clay Pigeon
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*[[Tim Lagasse]] - Barnaby B. Busterfield III
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*[[Tyler Bunch]] - Walter Pigeon, The Un-People vs. The Re-People narrator, Denyce Graves announcer
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*[[Jim Napolitiano]] - various
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*[[Fred Newman]] - himself, golf announcer
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*[[Michael K. Frith]] - various
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*[[Denyce Graves]] - herself
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*[[Ruth Westheimer]] - Dr. Ruth Wordheimer
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*[[14 Karat Soul]] - "Silent E" singers
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*Babi Floyd - Vowelles announcer, policeman
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* Jim Lockett - Lion
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==Video==
 
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Latest revision as of 06:46, 7 January 2024

Little Big Mouse
Season 1, Episode 3
Little Big Mouse Title Card 1
Air date April 5, 2000
Written by Peter Hirsch
and
Christopher Cerf
Richard Chevat
Diana DeCubellis
Sarah Durkee
Ellis Weiner
Joe Fallon
Michael K. Fifth
Judy Freudberg
Tony Geiss
Louise Gikow
Sean Kelly
Sharon Lerner
Kathryn Mullen
Fred Newman
Norman Stiles
Belinda Ward
Kathy Waugh
Tom Whedon
Directed by Lisa Simon
Episode guide
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Little Big Mouse is the third episode of Season 1 of Between the Lions.

Picture Segment Description
Announcer Bunny Program Preview
SilentE
COLD OPEN Announcer Bunny Program Preview: "Announcer Bunny here to show you what's coming up next on Between the Lions!"

A clip from Silent E: Pin/Pine is shown.

Little Big Mouse 1
Little Big Mouse 2
Little Big Mouse 3
SCENE 1 Theo brings in new books for the library and has Click scan them. Theo sees several interesting books that he offers to read to Click, but the latter claims that there isn't enough time. However, when she comes across The Lion And The Mouse, she wants to read it. So Theo gathers the family in the corner in the library and reads the book up to the part where the lion lets the mouse go.
Little Big Mouse 4
Little Big Mouse 5
Little Big Mouse 6
SCENE 1 (Cont'd) Leona interrupts the story as she is confused as to why the lion let the mouse go. So Cleo goes "Between the Covers" and has Click drag and drop her into the book to ask the lion personally. The lion explains that the idea of the mouse thinking she could help the lion one day cracked him up and he had to let her go. Afterwards, Theo finishes reading the story.
Little Big Mouse 7
SCENE 1 (Cont'd) After the story, the parents head back to work. The cubs loved the story for the mouse's heroic actions, so Lionel suggests they start a fan club for the mouse. Click, disappointed, states that she doesn't have a fan club.
Gray Hand Removing it from "Little"
Insert The Gray Hand takes the "it" out of the word "little".
Martha Reader and the Vowelles Hit 5
Puppets Martha Reader and The Vowelles sing the short "i" sound from their hip hit word "hit".
Walter and Clay Pigeon it
Insert And now, it is coming! Walter and Clay run across the screen, as Busterfield feels like something silly might happen. As it turns out, the "it" is literally a giant puppet of the word "it". The "it" continues chasing the pigeons, as the announcer says that "it" is going. However, no sooner has the "it" left, then "it's back!".
Sky Word Morph it, lit, lip, rip, trip
Insert Sky: it, lit, lip, rip, trip
Golf Announcer's Head Trip
Tiger Words Trip Trap Word
Tiger Words Trip
Cartoon Tiger Words: A Trip to Tripoli

Tiger is assigned to write the word "trip" and will win a trip to Tripoli if he makes it. Tiger pulls out a purple marker and writes the word "trap" instead. Realizing his mistake, he uses a lawnmower to erase the A, replaces it with an I and wins the trip.

Sky Word Morph trip, rip, zip
Insert Sky: trip, rip, zip
The Un-People Red-Orange BG
The Un-People vs
Cartoon The Un-People vs. The Re-People: zipped

Monica Maxwell zips a group of rhinos ruining her picnic in her zippered bag. The Un-People change the word "zipped" to "unzipped", letting the rhinos loose again, until the Re-People re-zip it.

Stage Word Morph zip, tip, tick, tickle
Insert Stage: zip, tip, tick, tickle
Gawain's Word Title
Gawain's Word Tickle
Gawain's Word Ending Title
Film Gawain's Word: tickle
What's Cooking Title
What's Cooking Tickled and Pickled Ribs 6
Puppets What's Cooking? with Theo and Cleo: Theo and Cleo cook tickled and pickled ribs.

(with music)

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Little Big Mouse 9
Little Big Mouse 10
SCENE 2 The cubs are writing fan mail to the brown mouse, leaving Click feeling unappreciated, after everything she has done for them. Click then sings a song about her abilities. Afterwards, the cubs finish writing the letter and read it over, which disappoints Click even more. Click asks the cubs if they need any help, but when they say they don't, Click leaves, thinking they might never need her again in favor of the brown mouse.
Ms
Celebrity World-renowned mezzo-soprano Ms. Denyce Graves sings the sound of the letter I in the word "sit".
Stage Word Morph it, sit, sick, ick, tick, tickle
Insert Stage: it, sit, sick, ick, tick, tickle
Fred Says Tick
Fred Says Tickle 4
Celebrity Fred Says: tick, tickle
Ruth-WordDoctor-title
Dr
Celebrity/

Puppets

The Word Doctor with Dr. Ruth Wordheimer: Dr. Ruth helps a monkey read the word "intelligent".
Rectangular Bug Word Morph in, fin, fine, line
Insert Rectangular Bugs: in, fin, fine, line
Silent E Pin 2
Silent E Pine 2
Cartoon Silent E: Pin/Pine

[without announcer introduction]

Gray Hand Putting the it back in "Little"
Insert The Gray Hand puts the "it" back in the word "little".
Little Big Mouse 11
Little Big Mouse 12
Little Big Mouse 13
SCENE 3 Click sulks over no longer being needed, when she hears the lion family calling for her, and rushes off to see what they need. As it turns out, they just need her to put a large bag of fan mail in the book for the mouse to read, making Click even more distraught. Leona wonders how the mouse feels getting all that fan mail, so Click drops Cleo back into the book to interview the mouse. The mouse states that she's touched. Just as Cleo starts to leave, she walks right into the hunter's net trap and alerts the hunters! The lions know that they have to get Cleo out of the book, and fast!
Little Big Mouse 14
Little Big Mouse 15
SCENE 3 (Cont'd) Meanwhile, Click is leaving the library forever, and refuses to come back when she hears the lions calling for her. Suddenly, Click realizes that Cleo can't get out of the book without her, and races to the rescue. Click quickly drops Cleo out of the book and the latter says that Click was an even bigger hero than the little brown mouse. Then Click requests her own fan club, complete with a website and merchandise!
Cleo reading a book called "The Adventure of Mississippi Skip and his Pirate Ship" with Lionel
Designated Reader Cleo and Lionel read "The Adventures of Mississippi Skip and his Pirate Ship". (EKA: Episode 01: Pecos Bill Cleans Up the West)

Featured Stories

  • The Lion and the Mouse by Aesop
  • The Little Brown Mouse and the Mail Bag by Aesop

Gallery

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Quotes

  • Click: (singing) I am not loud / But still I stand above the rodent crowd.
  • Cleo: Pickle the ribs for 24 hours.
  • Theo: 24 hours!?
  • Cleo and Theo: Nah!!!
  • Cleo: Put on bib.
  • Theo: 'Put on bib.' Bib on!
  • Cleo: Oh, you look dashing, my love.
  • Theo: Oh, thank you, my dear. Nosey, nosey, nosey, nosey.
  • Announcer: 'It' is going.
  • Busterfield: Thank you.
  • Announcer: It's back.
  • Lionel: Hey! What do you say we start a little brown mouse fan club?
  • Leona: Yeah!
  • Click: I do not have a fan club.
  • Click: The Complete History of Dinosaurs.
  • Theo: Dinosaurs? Ooh, yummy again. Boy, I've always wanted to learn more about dinosaurs. Maybe I'll just take a little peeky-poo. Hee hee.
  • Click: Charlotte's Web.
  • Theo: Yummy. That's one scrumptious book.

Notes and Trivia

  • This is the first episode to feature the short "I" sound.
  • The scene of Click saying "There are 59 books here." was also featured in the bumper for the show's website in all episodes from 2000-2003.
  • Theo is shown in this episode reading a book "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White.
  • This is the first time the grey hand takes two letters.
  • During the song, Click parodies several Disney Princess musicals.
  • The Lion and the Mouse is later read in the Season 5 episode A Tasty Piece of Cheese / The Lion and the Mouse
  • This episode was last broadcasted on PBS in October 2004, along with The Fox and the Crow.
  • This is the only episode where the song Silent E does not have an announcer at the beginning of the song.
  • Moral of Episode: Even small Creatures can do BIG things, And save the day.

Goofs

  • When Cleo gets trapped in the hunter's net in the book, There was a green screen error as the green screen is seen in the closeup of Cleo's feet and it appears for a few seconds when she gets caught in the net before going back to the jungle in the book.
  • As Fred walks into frame at the beginning of the Fred Says segment, the boom mic is visible.
  • Once the rhinos are loose again, after one of them jumps out of the frame, there is an animation error in which one of the rhinos is missing its head for a split second.

Releases

  • VHS (Singular episode; March 6, 2001, later reprinted on October 1, 2002)
  • Complete First Season 5-Disc DVD Boxset (January 8, 2008)
  • Vowel Power (April 15, 2014)

Cast

Video

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