"Sonny Days with a Chance of Showers" | |
Season 4, Episode 1a | |
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Production code: | 401 a |
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Original Airdate: | 09/05/2011 |
Featured Words: | Precipitation, Meteorologist |
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Written by: | Carla Filisha |
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Sonny Days with a Chance of Showers is episode 1a of Season 4 of WordGirl.
Summary[]
For Season 4's premiere,Eileen is angry when the local TV weatherman doesn’t announce that today is her birthday, so she kidnaps him and forces him to do a special broadcast to acknowledge her.
Plot[]
It has been raining all week, and tomorrow is the Annual End of the Picnic Season Picnic. Becky is disappointed that it's storming outside, because she's afraid they might cancel it. Bob and TJ are working on the egg toss, but Sally Botsford says that she needs those eggs for her egg salad sandwiches. Becky says to her dad that if it rains, they will cancel the picnic. Mr. Botsford says that one time that it was raining on their parade, but Mrs. Botsford says that the parade floats were ACTUALLY floating.
Becky turns on the news, and weatherman Sonny Days appears on screen. Sonny gets ready to announce the birthday shout out's to the viewers. After he announces a few, Eileen (watching at her home) says that it is her birthday, and she tells him to announce it. Eileen starts to get impatient as he goes through other names, and the final birthday shout out is to...."VIOLET HEASLIP"! This causes a furious Eileen to turn into Birthday Girl. Sonny starts talking about the weather and announces more rain, but when he gets to the picnic weather, he is interrupted by Eileen, saying that it is her birthday...he tries to run, but she grabs him and the broadcast is disconnected! Becky knows that Birthday Girl is up to this, but TJ asks her the meaning of "precipitation". She explains, and then dashes off.
Meanwhile, Eileen is walking with Sonny Days in the palm of her hand. Sonny asks her why she's doing this, and she explains that "it's [her] birthday, and [she wants him] to go on [her] TV channel, and show [her] picture and tell everyone it's [HER] birthday." Sonny says that is no problem at all, surprising her a tiny bit. Sonny is happy to tell everyone that it is her birthday but he needs to see her birth certificate first, because it's against the "meteorologist code" to announce a birthday without proof. This infuriates her even MORE!
Tim imagines what a world without weather forecasts would be like, and comes up with some strange scenarios. He is hopeful that Sonny Days will be back on the air soon. Meanwhile, on Birthday Girl's rooftop "news room", she is directing Sonny Days in a newscast, but she pronounces "meteorologist" in baby talk, and Sonny corrects her. She tells him to do his job and tell everyone that it is her birthday, but WordGirl comes along. Eileen spots Huggy and tries to catch him too, but misses. WordGirl tells her to stop pestering Sonny Days, but she refuses, unless he tells everyone that today is her birthday. Sonny Days continues to say that he will not break the meteorologist code, because he doesn't think today is Eileen's birthday. She tells him EVERYDAY is her birthday, and Sonny tells her that's not how birthdays work, so she smashes a building.
Wordgirl tries to stop Eileen, but gets whacked! WordGirl tries to tie her up, but she breaks free and gets Wordgirl. She ties WordGirl up with Sonny Days so she can't rescue Huggy. Eileen says that she will be Huggy's partner in the three-legged race, and shrinks because she did something generous.
Later, Sonny goes back on his regular broadcast and, to everyone's surprise, announces that today actually IS Eileen's birthday, after receiving a copy of her birth certificate! After that, Sonny tells everyone that the next day be SUNNY, so the picnic can go on!!
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Quotes[]
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Trivia[]
- Its name is a play on the phrase “Sunny Days” and common weatherman phrasing.
- Al Roker does the voice of Sonny Days.
- In this episode, Edith von Hoosinghaus, Eileen, Grandpa Ming, Reuben Grinder, and Violet Heaslip all celebrate their birthdays.
- Despite the production code, all the episodes from Season 4 are from Season 3.
- Robo-Tobey makes a return at the end of the episode.
Goofs[]
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