- "Perhaps you need to...look at a little differently. Maybe you can make it into a good thing, because...in fact, it is a good thing."
- — Big Jake
Plot
Jay Jay teaches Snuffy how to play Hide and Seek.
While playing a game of Hide and Seek, Snuffy's skywriting smoke ends up giving away his and Jay Jay's hiding places, causing them to lose. Jay Jay has to understand that Snuffy's talent at skywriting is what makes him special, and should use it for a good thing.
On a fine, summer morning, Snuffy is doing something that he does best: skywriting, which is what he's good at, but there are other things he never did before, and the narrator announces this is the story of one of them.
The scene changes to outside the main hangar, where Jay Jay and his friends are gathering. Jay Jay is shocked to hear that Snuffy doesn't know how to play Hide and Seek-in fact, he's never learned how. Jay Jay points out that Hide and Seek is the best game ever and every good flyer knows how to play it. To Snuffy's request, he decides to teach him how and assigns the teams: he and Snuffy are one, and Tracy and Herky are another.
First, Jay Jay and Snuffy close their eyes while the latter counts to ten, skipping three at first. While Snuffy is counting, Tracy and Herky go off to hide and when he is finished, the seekers open their eyes and shout "Ready or not, here we come!" and start searching for them. While seeking, Jay Jay notices Snuffy is suddenly skywriting and wonders why, to which Snuffy points out he skywrites whenever he's excited, but that's okay. Jay Jay eventually finds Tracy and Herky disguised as a cloud with Herky's rotor on top, and Snuffy congratulates him.
When playing Hide and Seek, never make Snuffy the hider.
After regrouping at Farmer Dale's farm, it's now Jay Jay and Snuffy's turn to hide while Tracy and Herky count. On their way to find a hiding place however, Snuffy skywrites again, causing the other two to follow the trail all the way back to the hangar, which is where they were hiding.
Brenda's help with a maze gives Jay Jay an idea.
Jay Jay's plan in action.
Quotes
Jay Jay: First, close your eyes like this, and count to 10.
Snuffy: Oh, alright. 1, 2...uh...4... |
Episode Information
Characters
Locations
- Tarrytown Airport
- Main Hangar
- Farmer Dale's Ranch
Other Trivia
- This episode was re-aired on PBS Kids on June 26, 2001.
- Moral: Your talent makes you special; it's best to make use of it.
In Other Languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| French | Cache Cache | Hide and Seek |
Christian Dub Edits
The following lines were redubbed when it was shown on the Christian VHS release:
|
Christian Dub Edits | |
|---|---|
| Standard Version | Christian Edit |
| Narrator: | Narrator: |
| Big Jake: "Let me remind you that skywriting is a wonderful talent. You mustn't ever think of being bad." | Big Jake: "Let me remind you that God has a special plan for us, Snuffy. Yours is to be a good sky writer." |
Goofs
- While Jay Jay and Snuffy are counting, Jay Jay is on the right and Snuffy is on the left. However when Tracy and Herky fly off to find hiding places, Jay Jay and Snuffy have switched positions. When we see them in close-up, they switch back.
- Whenever Jay Jay or Tracy are flying the jet engine flying sound doesn't play for some reason. This happens again in "Big Jake's Birthday Surprise".
- During "You Are Unique", the kids above Big Jake are in this order: Jay Jay, Herky, Tracy. When Big Jake rises into the air in the line "Or you can climb to great heights", Jay Jay and Tracy have switched positions. They switch back after the song ends.
- Jay Jay and Tracy, including Snuffy say goodbye to Big Jake, except Herky.
- When Big Jake arrives, Snuffy does not say hi to him, but Jay Jay and Tracy greet him sadly.
- When Tracy and Herky hide in the clouds, Herky’s blades on his rotor are black, but when Jay Jay flies around to blow the clouds away, Herky’s blades on his rotor are white with red stripes on the ends.
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