Buzz & Poppy - Season 2

First aired: 9/16/2001 26 episodes
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Episodes

1. The Better Bug Hospital

Aired: 9/16/2001

Buzz and Poppy are hard at work helping build the forest’s first hospital. The timber’s been cut, but sneaky Wiley Weta decides to steal some for his new, wooden sun deck. When things go wrong and the Thug Bugs become the hospital’s first patients, Wiley soon regrets what he’s done.

2. The Shaky Breaky Quake

Aired: 9/23/2001

When an earthquake hits the forest, Buzz and poppy’s family escape unharmed. But an avalanche of rocks traps the sneaky Thug Bugs inside Callous Cave. All except Slick. When Buzz and Poppy find the injured Slater in the forest, they realise the Thug Bugs could be in big trouble.

3. The Kick Ball Clash

Aired: 9/30/2001

Buzz and Poppy and their friends love Kick Ball. When they challenge the Thug Bugs to a game, Wiley’s team gets help from a mad magpie referee who wants to eat the ball. Can Buzz and Poppy beat the odds and win the game?

4. The Super Sticky Watermelon

Aired: 10/7/2001

Buzz and Poppy’s grandma grows what looks like a winner for the Biggest Watermelon Contest. But Wiley wants his Thug bugs to steal the prize with a fake watermelon. His sneaky plan almost works, until Slick gets confused over a tin of glue. For the Thug Bugs, it suddenly looks like a sticky ending.

5. The Tree Wheeling Team

Aired: 10/14/2001

Milly Millipede, the forest’s free taxi, has an accident. While she’s injured, the sneaky Thug bugs set up their own taxi company. But there’ll be no free rides. Everyone wants Milly back. Its up to Buzz and Poppy and their friends to get her rolling again.

6. The Mad Mail Scramble

Aired: 10/21/2001

When Whirligig needs a holiday from delivering the forest mail, Slick Slater gets the job. But Buzz and Poppy smell a Thug Bugs’ plot when Wiley Weta starts reading everyone’s mail. Its up to Buzz and poppy to come up with their own smelly scheme to get Wiley and his gang out of the Mail business.

7. The Big Footed Monster

Aired: 10/28/2001

Buzz and Poppy head off with their Forest Ranger friends on a camping trip. But when some food goes missing and giant footprints are found, they fear the make-believe Big Footed Monster may be real. Or could it be something else? Will the Forest Rangers be brave enough to hunt down the truth.

8. The Lost Baby Bug

Aired: 11/4/2001

Buzz and Poppy have been asked to look after their baby sister, Snobbly, while their parents are working. But Buzz and Poppy get careless and while they’re not watching, baby Snobbly disappears. Soon every bug in the forest is searching, but can Buzz and Poppy find their little sister before she comes to any harm?

9. The Sneaky Forest Election

Aired: 11/11/2001

Grandpa’s stepping down as Forest Leader and Buzz and Poppy persuade their mum, Dolly to stand for election. But the Thug bugs’ sneaky boss, Wiley Weta, also wants the job. He likes the idea of being ‘boss’ of the whole forest. And he’ll lie and cheat to win the job unless Buzz and Poppy can catch him out.

10. The Say Sorry Days

Aired: 11/18/2001

Buzz has ruined Poppy’s homework and she’s stomped on his cap. They’ve said ‘sorry’ to each other, but is that enough? All around the forest, bugs are apologising. But some are doing more than that, they’re fixing the problems they’ve caused. Should Buzz and Poppy do the same?

11. The Bumper Fire Bucket

Aired: 11/25/2001

Buzz and Poppy’s forest is dry and there’s a high fire risk. They build a bumper-sized fire bucket to carry water to dangerous hot spots like the Thug Bugs’ outdoor barbecue. But then the bumper-sized bucket gets wrecked. Can Buzz come up with another idea to save the forest?

12. The Bright Idea Box

Aired: 12/2/2001

Buzz and Poppy’s mum, Dolly, organises a contest to help everyone. Suggestions to improve life in the forest are to be left in the Bright Idea Box. But when Wiley Weta gets up to his old cheating tricks, its up to Buzz to outsmart him and stop the Thug Bugs’ Boss from stealing the contest.

13. The Wiley Weta Weekly

Aired: 12/9/2001

The local children run the forest’s only newspaper, the New Leaf News. But when the printing machine breaks down, the Thug Bugs try to start their own paper in competition. If the “Wiley Weta Weekly” is a hit, will it mean the end of all Buzz and Poppy’s hard work?

14. The Shy Super Spy

Aired: 12/16/2001

Wiley Weta thinks Buzz and Poppy always ruin his sneaky plans because of something they learn at school. So he sends Slick Slater to join the class and spy on them. But when Buzz and Poppy find out what Wiley’s up to, they have to outsmart the Thug Bug boss without spoiling Slick’s reading lessons.

15. The Musical Head Spinner

Aired: 12/23/2001

When the local magpies find a huge wheel and bring it back to the forest, its too big for their tree. They give the wheel to Buzz and Poppy, but the Thug Bugs steal it. When Wiley’s plan gets stuck, Buzz and Poppy come up with the perfect idea to turn the wheel into something everyone in the forest can enjoy.

16. The Banana Tootie Flutey

Aired: 12/30/2001

Poppy and Grandpa practise hard for their flute concert. But Poppy’s flute falls out of Buzz’s pocket while he’s helping Tweedle climb his first tree. When Wiley Weta stumbles over the lost flute and damages it, he thinks he’s found the perfect way to spoil the concert. But will Poppy give up that easily?

17. The Dig For Digger

Aired: 1/6/2002

When Buzz and Poppy’s friend Digger the worm hurts his back playing ball, he can’t dig holes properly and gets trapped underground. Digger needs to be rescued, but no one knows where he is. Could the answer lie with the strange ‘ghost’ that’s suddenly turned up in the Thug Bugs’ Cave?

18. The Wonderful Wheelie Chair

Aired: 1/13/2002

When an accident injures Buzz and Poppy’s friend Toi Toi, they build a special wheelie chair to push him around. An invention that will help any sick or injured bug. But when Wiley Weta steals the chair for his own personal transport, things go wrong and he’s soon sorry he didn’t stick to walking.

19. The Green Doll Patrol

Aired: 1/20/2002

Wiley Weta thinks Buzz and Poppy are away on a school trip. With no Huhu kids to outsmart him, Wiley plans to make mischief all over the forest. But Buzz and Poppy have stayed home sick, and, with no friends to help them, they have to try to stop the Thug Bugs by somehow being everywhere at once.

20. The Sunny Honey Secret

Aired: 1/27/2002

The Bees in Buzz and Poppy’s forest have forgotten how to make delicious Sunny Honey. When the Thug Bugs steal the last jar and Wiley eats the lot, it seems the bright yellow honey has gone forever. Unless Buzz and Poppy can work out the secret ingredient that turns ordinary honey into Sunny Honey.

21. The Moaning Groaning Magpie

Aired: 2/3/2002

Buzz and Poppy’s neighbour, Vermin the magpie, makes a terrible mistake and eats what he thinks is a huhu bug. But which huhu bug? And why has it made him so sick? If they’re to save Vermin, Buzz and Poppy not only have to work out what he ate, they have to help Axel find a cure.

22. The Forgetful Smiley Wiley

Aired: 2/10/2002

When Buzz and Poppy accidentally drop a tree branch on Wiley’s head, the grumpy Thug Bugs’ Boss loses his memory. He suddenly starts smiling and being nice to everyone. But when Wiley tries to help others in the forest, he gets stuck up a tree. And gets another bump on the head. Could this be the end of Smiley Wiley?

23. The Powerful Puff Pump

Aired: 2/17/2002

Buzz and Poppy never use the bush with red berries as firewood. They know the smoke can make a bug sick and change colour. When Wiley burns some to heat Callous Cave, the drifting smoke also threatens his neighbours, Axel and Plez. Can Buzz and Poppy rescue everyone in time? And will they need some extra puff from Axel’s latest invention?

24. The Busiest Bug Award

Aired: 2/24/2002

The forest council is about to reward its Busiest Bug. Any bug could win and Buzz and Poppy will help count the votes. Lazy Wiley Weta’s faithful sidekick, Slick, tries to persuade everyone to vote for ‘The Boss’. Buzz tells Poppy he’ll eat his cap if a thug Bug wins. That’s something Buzz might regret.

25. The Wobble Bobble Cart

Aired: 3/3/2002

Buzz builds a cart and leads it to Whirli the postman to make his job easier. It seems like a good idea, but its not. The cart has different sized wheels and with Milly pulling, it wobbles and bobbles everywhere. Meanwhile, Wiley’s broken the Thug Bugs’ bath. Can Buzz be trusted to help build them a new one?

26. The Give Right Picnic

Aired: 3/10/2002

Buzz and Poppy and their friends are organising the forest’s annual picnic. A day for sharing and giving. The Thug Bugs’ boss, Wiley Weta, plans to take, not give, by eating everyone else’s food. But a Give Right Picnic is different to ordinary picnics, and the greedy Weta is soon in big trouble with a big bird.