In the Tubbycar is an episode of Teletubbies!: The official bootleg series! It was released as the 8th episode of the third season of this series as well as being the 38th over all (39th if [[BOOTLEG EPISODE]] Captain 37’s hotel is counted as an official episode). In the episode, Tinky Winky fails his driving lesson and is expelled from driving school but gets help from Po, who offers him her own private driving lessons.It is the episode released before Tubby Factory.
Plot[]
The episode begins in Teletubby Land (duh) specifically speaking of, the Home Dome. We zoom in on the living room where Po is seen eating a bowl of Tubby Custard, Dipsy is doing an experiment (which is trying to make a tiddlytubby to fill in for Baa, who was killed by Po), Laa-Laa is dancing in a corner while a music video of dubstep is playing on her screen while dubstep also plays in the Background on the Tubby Phone, and the Tiddlytubbies are seen watching Dipsy’s experiment. Suddenly the door opens and Tinky Winky bursts in carrying a bag and crying loudly. Po walks over to him who has buried his face in the couch, asks him what’s wrong and he says that he was expelled from his driving school because he has a very low IQ. He then says that the Tubby Government has passed a law saying that all inhabitants must have a car and he will be kicked out of Teletubby Land if he doesn’t get a driver’s license. Po says that she has a solution. The next day Po wakes up Tinky Winky and takes him down to Dipsy’s Lab before any of the other Teletubbies are up. She then goes to a door that Tinky Winky wasn’t allowed to go inside when Dipsy wasn’t in his Lab, she opens it and takes him down a hallway to another door and opens it up to a driving simulator. They get inside and Tinky Winky learns about things like Traffic Lights, level crossings, signs etc. they use the similulator a few times each day until he no longer needs it.
The next day, Po takes Tinky Winky to the Tubby Car before dawn where they get inside. TW asks why they are out so early. Po says it’s his first time in a real car since he was expelled from driving school. 2 members from the Tubby Government are also there to teach him how to drive it. The Tubby Government Blue Teletubby Workers say that the car has 4 steering wheels and that they must be in drive only mode if one person is to drive the car. Then they start driving, first they come to a stop sign. Then they go ahead and see a crosswalk, they then simulate a pedestrian crossing the road before they keep going. They then do some more things until they get to a level crossing as the barriers are coming down. Tinky Winky yells that he hates them and he steps on the gas and steers around the barriers, but one of the wheels gets caught on the train tracks as the train is getting closer. The Blue Teletubby Workers are angry and get out and try to push, then Tinky Winky turns the car around and waits patiently just as the train goes by. The Blue Teletubby Workers are both upset and happy at the same time. Then TW gets a driving license. Now he is the driver of the Tubby Car and Po can get a rest
Reception[]
Parents both liked and hated the episode because of the fact Tinky Winky and everyone living in Teletubby Land is now under control by Tubby Government. They did not like it because Tinky Winky Almost died. Kids liked it however.