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Butterbean's Café - Tic-Tac Tomato! (S1E28)

Butterbean's Café – Season 1 - Episode 28 – Tic-Tac Tomato!

Cricket loses a game at the cafe's Game Day.

Runtime (min)11
Air Date2019-02-05
GenresFamily, Kids
TV RatingTV-Y

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Storyline

In this episode of Butterbean's Café, titled 'Tic-Tac Tomato!', Cricket faces a tough challenge during the café's Game Day and ends up losing a critical game. The friendly competition among the characters brings about excitement, but Cricket's disappointment highlights the importance of sportsmanship and resilience. Butterbean and her friends rally around Cricket to support her, emphasizing the value of teamwork.

As the episode progresses, Cricket learns that it's okay to lose sometimes and that the fun of playing with friends is what truly matters. The bright and colorful café setting enhances the playful atmosphere, making it an engaging experience for young viewers. By the end of the episode, Cricket understands that every game is an opportunity to learn and grow.

What Parents Say

This episode of Butterbean's Café is a wonderful exploration of competition and handling disappointment. Cricket's struggle with losing a game resonates with many children who face similar situations in their own lives. The supportive environment created by Butterbean and friends teaches important lessons about friendship and resilience, making it a great conversation starter for parents.

Additionally, the vibrant animation and catchy musical numbers keep young viewers engaged throughout the episode. Parents can appreciate how the show promotes positive values while also entertaining their children. It's a great opportunity for families to discuss the significance of sportsmanship and what it means to be a good friend, even in tough situations.

What Children Can Learn

In 'Tic-Tac Tomato!', kids learn that losing is a part of playing games and that it’s perfectly okay to feel disappointed. Cricket’s journey through her emotions helps young viewers understand that everyone experiences ups and downs, and what matters most is how we handle those feelings. The episode emphasizes the importance of trying your best and supporting friends regardless of the outcome.

Additionally, children observe the value of teamwork as Butterbean and her friends come together to encourage Cricket. They learn that playing games is not just about winning, but about having fun and enjoying time spent with friends. This episode beautifully conveys that every experience, win or lose, contributes to personal growth.

Five Most Asked Questions

Question Answer
What is the main lesson of the episode? The main lesson of 'Tic-Tac Tomato!' revolves around handling disappointment and understanding that losing is part of competition. Cricket learns that while it’s natural to feel upset about losing, what truly matters is the support from friends and the enjoyment of playing together.
How do the characters support Cricket after her loss? After Cricket loses the game, Butterbean and the other characters rally around her, offering words of encouragement and reminding her of the fun they had together. This support reinforces the importance of friendship and teamwork, showing kids how to uplift their peers during tough times.
What activities take place during Game Day? During Game Day, various fun games are played at the café, showcasing friendly competition among the characters. The vibrant atmosphere, including colorful decorations and engaging music, enhances the excitement, making it a festive experience for the viewers.
How does the animation contribute to the episode’s message? The lively animation in 'Tic-Tac Tomato!' enhances the overall message by creating a bright and cheerful environment. The colorful characters and dynamic scenes draw in young viewers, while the animated expressions effectively convey emotions, helping children connect with Cricket's feelings of disappointment and eventual acceptance.
What can parents discuss with their children after watching this episode? Parents can engage their children in discussions about sportsmanship and the importance of being supportive friends. They can ask their kids how they feel about losing and share personal experiences, helping children understand that everyone faces challenges and that resilience is key to overcoming them.

Cast

Chris Philips
Spork and Spatch
Olivia Grace Manning
Dazzle
Aiden Medina
Rueben / Brookie Kid / Henry- Basketball
Margaret Ying Drake
Butterbean
Koda Gursoy
Jasper
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Nahanni Mitchell
Cookie
Gabriella Pizzolo
Cricket
Alysia Reiner
Ms. Marmalady
Kirrilee Berger
Poppy
Joanne Wilson
Dottie
Kyndra Sanchez
Dottie / Brookie kids / Brookie

Writing

Directing

Season
Season #Episode #Episode Name
11
When Butterbean and her friends open Butterbean's Café, their jealous rival Ms. Marmalady tries to ruin everything. But she's no match for friendship, teamwork, and fairy yummy food. Will the grand opening be a big success?
12
Dazzle surprises her grandma by baking her banana bread.
13
Ms. Marmalady switches Jasper's order of fruits with lemons.
14
Poppy feels left out when Dazzle gives Butterbean a friendship necklace.
15
Cricket is given a box by Butterbean to keep her tooth safe, and said box soon goes missing.
16
Dazzle is in charge of the café while preparing a cake.
17
The ketchup used for Cricket's menu gets stolen.
18
Mr. Brookwrench turns Butterbean's delivery truck into a mobile café.
19
Butterbean must bring lunch to the president, after her limousine breaks down. Special Guest Star: Carla Hall as Madame President
110
Ms. Marmalady switches her wedding cake with Butterbean's own one.
111
Ms. Marmalady snaps up all the yogurt Butterbean needs for her Fairy Berry Parfait in an attempt to ruin their book party.
112
Butterbean gets a cold, therefore the crew try to run the café without her.
113
During a pizza party, the crew decides on what toppings they should use.
114
Butterbean and her friends try to explain to Ms. Marmalady what Thanksgiving is all about.
115
Cricket opens a lemonade stand, later realizing that being a boss isn't as easy as expected.
116
Unfrosted cupcakes are accidentally delivered by a Brookie.
117
The café's freezer has broken down, so Butterbean borrows Ms. Marmalady's, who uses it without help from anyone.
118
Dazzle and Poppy each think that the other's job is easier, so they decide to switch jobs to see whose job is easier and better.
119
Cricket is called on to save the day when the Sweet Ride cannot make any deliveries.
120
A mishap accidentally causes some monkey cookies to come alive, so it's up to Butterbean and friends to end the chaos.
121
The crew leaves a welcome basket for their new neighbors, not knowing that Ms. Marmalady will take their welcome.
122
It is time for the holidays in Puddlebrook, but after Butterbean loses the Sugar Plum Fairy cake, Cricket panics that the Sugar Plum Fairy will not come.
123
Butterbean babysits a rabbit toddler for the day.
124
As it is windy in Puddlebrook and the bean team are serving hot cocoa with marshmallows to not only warm their customers but also to attract them.
125
Cricket is so excited to have a new kitten, who she calls Cookie, that she doesn't only get carried away, but overwhelms it. This eventually results in it escaping at an opportune time.
126
Jasper offers for help in the kitchen with the day's special, cinnamon buns. When he tries to impress Poppy by adding a whole bowl of yeast to his cinnamon bun mixture in order to make it bigger and better, it enlarges out of control.
127
Cricket wants to surprise Poppy with a cake, but must finish it before Poppy returns from running errands.
128
Cricket loses a game at the cafe's Game Day.
129
Poppy is allergic to something that everyone thinks it's Cookie.
130
Butterbean and Ms. Marmalady both make quiche for the mayor, but only one will be crowned the Queen of Quiche.
131
Poppy's duties at the café leave her no time to practice for ballet tryouts.
132
When Cricket is nervous about her first camping trip, Butterbean helps her overcome her fear.
133
Fed up with the garbageman arriving at Butterbean's café, Ms. Marmalady competes with her at a Fluttercake-making contest.
134
Cricket’s plans for a perfect picnic with the Puddle Scouts are in ruins by ants secretly caused by Ms. Marmalady, and she must use her scout skills to save the day.
135
Butterbean makes a cake to look just like spring flowers.
136
Dazzle is a great singer, but her constant singing gets distracting.
137
Ms. Marmalady is having a bad day, so Spork and Spatch try to find a way to cheer her up. With the help of Butterbean, they make a cherry pineapple cake as a surprise for Mrs. Marmalady. But Mrs. Marmalady begins to feel lonely and decides to leave her café for good.
138
When Spork and Spatch steal Butterbean's Easter eggs, Cricket goes on a hunt to get them back.
139
Cricket makes special shirts for the cafe's barbecue, but the crew soils them.
140
Poppy's recipes may be in jeopardy when she accidentally donates her cookbook by mistake and Ms. Marmalady finds it.
141
Ms. Marmalady sends Spork and Spatch to swap her supply of peanut butter with Butterbean's own special supply of Flutter Butter, an ingredient used for Butterbean’s meal for two similar monkey kids.
142
Cricket helps Jasper make deliveries, but she keeps making mistakes.
143
A bad day gives Jasper a hard time trying to get rid of his bad luck, much to the point where he believes it will ruin his chance of winning the Green Machine, a green ATV, in a contest.
144
Jasper is tasked of delivering refreshments to a Frog Scout event at the park, and is excited to do it on the Green Machine, but he runs into mishaps along the way.
145
Cricket’s friend, Dottie, is moving away. They decide to spend a special last day together before Dottie moves away, but Cricket has an argument with Dottie while teaching her how to make chocolate strawberry ladybugs. Dottie sadly flees the café, and Cricket worries she has missed her chance to say goodbye.
146
When Dazzle shows her own delicate teapot set to Butterbean and the café, Cricket gets ahold of the tea set and has her own imaginary tea party with it. But Cricket worries she has broken it and tries to hide and fix it.
147
Cricket goes on a treasure hunt for a mysterious red fruit.
148
A rumor has everyone believing if gold treasure is buried at Butterbean's Café.
149
When all of Poppy’s vegetables disappear from her garden, the Bean Team thinks that Ms. Marmalady is responsible.
150
Cricket accidentally stains her dress before a wedding.
151
Dazzle accidentally locks smoothies inside the Sweet Ride and can't find the key.
152
Jasper thinks pet-sitting Cookie will be a piece of cake, but things go wrong when she gets lost.
153
When Spork and Spatch accidentally glue the fairies inside the cafe, the Bean Team can't get their pie orders out.
154
Poppy's fortune cookie says she will have a day full of mistakes.
155
Poppy agrees to work at Marmalady's forever if she cannot teach Spork and Spatch how to cook.
156
Dazzle becomes jealous when Grandma Nana spends time with Dazzle's friends.
157
Jasper wants to assist Butterbean in cooking for her idol, chef Belle Legume; Jasper also attempts to master the spatula in time to help flip and make the Towering Tower of Crepes.
158
Ms. Marmalady comes up with a plan to become the boss of Butterbean's Cafe.
159
Everyone in Puddlebrook has come down with the sniffles, even Jasper. Note: Beginning with this episode, episodes now air on the Nick Jr. channel.
160
Cricket's noisy antics constantly ruin the soufflé meant for the Brookbinders' wedding anniversary.
161
A shy new girl named Skylar is afraid to make friends, and Cricket has to help her.
162
When Butterbean runs out of magic fairy beans, the fairies go on an adventure to find more; Ms. Marmalady hears about their quest and wants to get the beans for herself.
163
A mischievous cat causes trouble in the café, but the team thinks it's Cookie.
164
Cricket is upset when her friends cannot come to her first slumber party.
165
The Bean Team tries to prep for their big party, but things keep happening around the café; Cricket believes she sees a ghost until she realizes it is actually a winged cat.
166
When Ms. Marmalady and her sister enter the Siblings Day Baking Contest, they argue over everything.
167
Cricket overhears Butterbean mention that she is closing the café.
168
When Ms. Marmalady lets the mischievous Oopsie Doodle loose in Butterbean's Café, he starts causing all sorts of mishaps.
169
Ms. Marmalady's mishap causes a giant gingerbread man to run wild and the Bean Team tries to catch him before he wrecks their café.
170
Dottie keeps mimicking Cricket on their playdate.
171
Chef Carlo is impressed by Poppy's huge homegrown tomato.
172
The Bean Team can't get an order right for one of their customers.
173
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Season #Episode #Episode Name
21
Cricket invites a popular cupcake designer named Stella Sprinkles to the café where they and some friends would decorate some cupcakes. Will the guest of honor arrive?
22
A fancy party is arranged, and Butterbean's crew receives invitations, except Jasper whose letter gets lost.
23
Dazzle thinks her new robot called EZ-PZ will make everyone's jobs easy peasy, but instead it creates kitchen chaos.
24
When Ms. Marmalady impersonated herself as Clara Cleanspot and closes Butterbean's Cafe, the team must stop her or they'll lose the Hops family for the Hopses' family dinner
25
26
27
Poppy's rambunctious girl cousin Rebel visits the café, and starts playing with Butterbean's whisk which becomes a problem when Butterbean needs it.
28
Ms. Marmalady gives Butterbean a mini flower-scope which is secretly a spy camera so she could replicate everything Butterbean produces, and therefore gain customers.
29
Cricket loves playing with her new friend Cutie Pie, an old pizza delivery truck that magically comes alive, until Ms. Marmalady buys Cutie Pie and threatens to send her vehicle to the junkyard.
210
211
212
Dazzle makes a popping doughnut to prank Poppy.
213
Dazzle thinks that everyone has forgotten her birthday, but her friends prove her wrong.
214
215
216
Farmer Carly's runaway rooster named Lou causes a cock-a-doodle disaster in the cafe.
217
Poppy promises Zara and her family that she'll make a cookie she's never heard of, however, she's never heard of "Sandy Dandies" before and she must figure out this unnamed cookie recipe.
218
219
220
When a bad Shadow Bean makes it nighttime forever and makes all the citizens of Puddlebrook fall fast asleep, they must return it to the Pit of Shadows in the Cave of the Magical Bad Beans and get rid of it once and it for all. But, they must be careful and avoid the Bean Bats who lived there because if the Shadow Bean falls right into a Bean Bat's hand, darkness will spread across Puddlebrook forever, all the time. Meanwhile, some darkness-loving Bean Bats and Queen Batilda take over Puddlebrook with the help of Ms. Marmalady, who took some Bad Beans so she can sabotage Butterbean's Cafe; the Bean Team must find a way to start the day before it remains darkness forever.
221
Ms. Marmalady uses a no-sharing bean on Butterbean's giant ice cream sundae.
222
Cricket is thrilled to be cafe photographer for the day, but there's more to the job than she thought.
223
Butterbean must deliver a very special dessert for a wedding.
224
Butterbean's friends want to surprise her with a beach day on the roof.
225
226
227
Ms. Marmalady "sleepy beans" the Bean Team before Cricket's Super Moon Party! Will the party go on?
228
229
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231
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233
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238
Cricket believes in the Glowberry Fairy in her fairy tale book, but the rest of the Bean Team isn't so sure that the fairy tale is real.
239
When Ms. Marmalady uses magical Marma-Hats to turn the Bean Team into the Marma Team so they can work with Spork and Spatch, Butterbean must save the day before the customers realized that the rest of the Bean Team were parted ways.

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