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Alphablocks A-Z (also known as Alphablocks, Meet the Alphablocks, or just A-Z in a YouTube release) is the first episode of the first series of Alphablocks, and the first episode of both Alphablocks and the Learningblocks franchise overall.
Synopsis[]
The adventure of twenty-six lively letters who can make words come to life by holding hands.
Plot[]
The Alphablocks introduce themselves one by one.
Character Appearances[]
| Letter | Description |
|---|---|
| A | A comes in and an apple falls on her head. |
| B | B rocks out on her bass guitar before sliding. |
| C | C creates cracks and crevices. She also breaks the fourth wall, by damaging the screen. |
| D | Similar to B, except D is seen drumming instead, though he almost falls over. |
| E | E is first seen as Silent E. After attempting to say his noise, he changes to regular E and says his sound using a megaphone, with the addition of an echoing effect. In the US dub and in BBC iPlayer, the scene where Silent E appears is omitted. |
| F | F floats around, emitting air from her mouth along the way. |
| G | G drinks water, causing the grass in her hair to grow. |
| H | H runs and pants. She eventually gets tired while breathing heavily. |
| I | I looks in her hand mirror while singing loudly. At the same time, this sound cracks her glass dome. |
| J | J pretends to fly, and then says her noise loudly and repetitively. |
| K | K kicks his football so high that it briefly disappears from sight; when the football returns downward, K gets hit by it. |
| L | L sings a lullaby and falls asleep. |
| M | M eats a chunk of terrain (even if anything is inedible). |
| N | N refuses to introduce himself. When the screen transitions to O, he stops the camera from being seen. |
| O | O breaks the fourth wall by actually looking at the screen, as he observes it for a few second before running away. |
| P | P is nowhere to be seen until she pops out of nowhere. This repeats nine to ten times again and again. |
| Q | Q tries (and fails) to make her sound alone. When her solo attempt doesn't work, Q drags U onstage so that they can form the digraph QU and make a sound. |
| R | R swings on a rope, hoping to come across the other side. She fails, and instead falls off of it. |
| S | S is shown inflated. She deflates, then reinflates again and this repeats until it transitions into T. |
| T | T attempts to have tea with a friend, but no one else is there. He then tuts off the screen before it transitions into U. |
| U | U reappears with Q still nearby, although they are no longer stuck together. Q then chases him. |
| V | V drives around. |
| W | W trips and cries, but waves to the viewer after weeping. |
| X | X flies out from an X-shaped crater, and draws a green X mid-air. He then flies away. |
| Y | Y holds on to the edge of a cliff, but he manages to get up. |
| Z | Z has a dream of himself. He wakes up as soon as the bubble pops and goes to the ending credits. |
Characters (in their order of appearance)[]
Most of the Alphablocks appear in alphabetical order and only say their sounds, however, U appears after Q and before R.
Digraphs[]
- QU
Words[]
No words are spelled in this episode. Total words: 0
Trivia[]
- This is the first Alphablocks episode with a transition to the credits. The second time is the special The Wonderful Wizard of Az. Most other episodes and specials have the credits abruptly appear.
- This episode is similar to the Series 2 episode On, only this episode doesn't have words.
- E is first seen in a black suit that may or may not be the same as Magic E.
- U is the only one to be seen before he says his sound.
- This is the one of the two Alphablocks episodes with no words made, with the other being An Alphablocks Adventure.
- Q is the first Alphablock to connect with another one, namely with U.
- This is the first time when a digraph was formed.
- Strangely enough, O is the first Alphablock to actually say something other than his sound -- despite his usual inability to make sounds that the letter O doesn't spell.
- There's a scene in another version where Silent E becomes "un-silent".
- This is one of the three Learningblocks episodes to have no dialogue, the others are Black and White and Grey.
- However, the latter two still have some dialogue with the speakers, but this episode doesn't include any word spoken out at all, making it the only episode to have no dialogue at all.
- At the end of the episode in later airings, instead of saying "© 2009 Alphablocks Ltd." (when the show was first in development), it says "© 2013 Alphablocks Ltd."
- In Canada and the UK, W says “Waaaaaa!” In the US, however, W says “W-w-w-w-w!”. His mouth is different in both versions.
- This episode is the first to imply that CBeebies are unaware that Q can indeed be pronounced without U, albeit not as /kw/. Examples of words with a pronounced Q, but no U following it are the Asian countries Iraq and Qatar, and various Arabic words when romanized.
- A video with the episode posted on YouTube is the most viewed video in the Alphablocks YouTube channel with 70 million views.
- In the British and Canadian dubs, the Q symbol lacked a hooktail. However, in the US dub, the symbol is shown to have a hooktail.
Video[]
- ↑ Officially, at least. If we were to include J, Q, V, W, X, Y, and Z, it would be Orange Level 2.