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Box is the nineteenth episode of the second series of Alphablocks. It is the 45th episode overall.
Synopsis[]
Alphablocks, a dressing-up box - it must be show time! B, O, and X discover a dressing-up box that is filled with everything they need to put on a performance of Sleeping Beauty, except for something to sleep on.
Plot[]
O and X are playing noughts-and-crosses/tic-tac-toe, and X wins. B wants to join in.
b-o-x, BOX!
A box appears. X opens it and inside are props. P pops in and decides to put on a play.
At the Alphablocks Players, the play is "Sleeping Beauty". P is the narrator and L plays as a princess. I is supposed to be a witch, but doesn't have a costume.
h-a-g, HAG!
I is now a witch. She pulls a trick on L with a wheel. L pricks her finger and starts to fall asleep, but she needs something to sleep on. Some Alphablocks come to help.
What will they do?[]
Words marked with an asterisk (*) are game-exclusive.
_ED
- FED* - L as Snow White feeds the seven Alphablocks-styled dwarves.
- LED* - A flute appears playing as the Pied Piper plays a cheery tune and leads W,B,T,R, and F offstage.
- RED - L as Little Red Riding Hood meets a Big Bad Wolf.
- TED - L as Goldilocks comes to a house where the Three Bears live.
- WED* - L and an artificial cutout prince are wed and live happily ever after...almost.
- BED (star word) - L lies down on a bed. In the audience, Z snores and N wakes him up. G grows prickly plants around the palace. Just then an extremely brave prince, X, comes to the rescue. He wakes up L by writing an X on his cheek... and they live happily ever after. E, D, I, T, R, F, W, and B appears. The cast comes in for a bow as the curtain closes.
Learning Objective[]
This episode has fun with a host of letters and teaches the ED word family with Red, Ted, and Bed.
Characters (in their order of appearance)[]
Words[]
- Ox (stealth word)
- Box
- Hag
- Sun (stealth word)
- Red
- Ted
- Wed (game only)
- Fed (game only)
- Led (game only)
- Ped (nonsense word, game only)
- Bed
- Tried (stealth word)
Trivia[]
- Only 7 characters are absent in this episode. Those characters being C, J, K, M, Q, V, and Y.
- B and F appear in the audience, but when they come to help L, they are not there as U, N, and Z are the only audience Alphablocks at this time. U is the only vowel in the audience.
- F and W don't speak in the TV version.
- However, F can be heard cheering with the other Alphablocks at the end.
- No words are made with N, P, S, U, and Z.
- H, A, and G don't appear in the curtain call.
- The play's synopsis is similar to Grimm's classic fairy tale, as well as the 1959 film by Disney.
List of references to classic tales[]
- Sleeping Beauty: The entire stage play is an adaptation of this classic story.
- Rapunzel: The tower Rapunzel spends her life in appears in the box as a stage prop.
- The Three Musketeers: H, A, and G all wear outfits resembling the titular Three Musketeers.
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarves: After FED is spelled out, seven Alphablock-style dwarves are fed by L as Snow White.
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin: After LED is spelled out, a flute leads the crew offstage before coming back by N's demand.
- Little Red Riding Hood: After RED is spelled out, L (as the titular character) walks through a forest before coming across the Big Bad Wolf.
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears: After TED is spelled out, L (as goldilocks) comes across Papa Bear, questioning who ate his pooridge.
Nonsense Words[]
PED[]
Stands for "performance-enhancing drug".