Team Umizoomi VS. The Shape Bandit is the 5th episode of the 3rd season of Team Umizoomi, and the 44th episode overall. It is the second double length episode.
Episode Description
There's a Shape Bandit on the loose and he's stealing shapes from all over Umi City! But when he steals Geo's Shape Belt, he crosses the line! It's up to Team Umizoomi to get Geo's Shape Belt back and save Umi City! [1]
Summary
When a sneaky Shape Bandit steals many shapes, including Geo's Shape Belt, can Team Umizoomi get them all back?
Synopsis
Act One
Intro: Snack Time
The episode starts with Team Umizoomi in their kitchen. They're about to have their snack time, but Bot finds that their snack cupboard is fresh out of snacks, leaving the team sad. Geo uses his special Shape Belt to make their favorite snacks. He makes a rectangle-shaped graham cracker for Milli, a triangle-shaped watermelon slice for Bot, and a circle-shaped waffle for himself. The team agrees that as long as Geo has his Shape Belt, there's nothing he can't build. He even sings a song about his shape belt, to the tune of the Geo Song.
A Shape Bandit in Umi City
After leaving the headquarters, the Umi-Alarm sounds suddenly. The team hears tires screeching nearby and discover that many of the shapes, including the traffic lights, a fire-cap lid, and a bus tire, are missing. The team hears a breaking news from the 2468 News anchor man who explains a Shape Bandit is on the loose in Umi City. He is a cat that uses a special bag that has a shape-snatching whirlwind inside. Some videos show him stealing rectangle windows from a building, a triangle pizza slice from a man, and a Dalmatian's oval spots. The report ends with that the Shape Bandit is so tricky, no one can catch him.
Team Umizoomi is really worried about Umi City with the Shape Bandit. If he's not stopped, Umi City could fall apart. Geo hops on top of a fire hydrant and states that the team can use his Shape Belt to catch him. However, the Shape Bandit heard exactly what he said. Bot and Milli spotted him from a distance as he released his whirlwind on Geo. He flinched as the whirlwind flew by and it is shown that the Shape Bandit stole his Shape Belt! The Shape Bandit puts the Shape Belt on his waist and zips off. Bot and Milli are concerned now that the Shape Bandit took Geo's Shape Belt, he can't make anything, but Geo, as ambitious as ever, states that they'll catch the Shape Bandit and get everything, including Geo's Shape Belt back. Team Umizoomi is ready for action as they go off to catch that Shape Bandit. They then sing the "We Are Team Umizoomi" song.
The Pursuit Begins
Milli sees that the Shape Bandit is hiding inside a blue mailbox. It turns out that he was hiding a motorcycle inside and drives out of the mailbox and through the park. He's so fast that the team can't catch him, unless they have a motorcycle too. Bot and Milli realize that Geo can't build a motorcycle without his Shape Belt. Suddenly, Geo gets an idea; he can build a motorcycle out of some playground toys nearby. Milli and Bot find it hard to believe that Geo's going to try to make a motorcycle out of toys. Using a hockey stick, a baseball glove, two frisbees, a shovel, and a pail, Geo actually makes a motorcycle out of toys. The team hops on the motorcycle, puts on their seat belts, and drives after the Shape Bandit.
Chase through the Warehouse
The Shape Bandit drives to the fruit warehouse and takes three square locks from the watermelon, the orange, and the banana containers, causing them to burst open into a huge mountain of fruit. Bot says that the only way to get past the fruit is to jump over the fruit. He puts on some racing goggles, and states that their motorcycle has to go sixty (60) units per hour. The speedometer shows that the motorcycle is going ten (10) units per hour (compared to the required speed, that's slow as a turtle!). However, the motorcycle can go faster if they count by tens all the way to 60. Counting up made the speedometer go up by tens and the motorcycle drive at the right speed. The motorcycle jumps over the tall pile of fruit and out of the warehouse. The team finds the Shape Bandit's motorcycle parked right in front of the Umi City Carnival. The team hops off their motorcycle and heads into the carnival to find the Shape Bandit.
The Carnival Chase
Milli sees that the purple whirlwind is taking stuff from the carnival. That means the Shape Bandit is nearby, but the question is where could he be hiding? Bot's Robo-Radar detects that a clown saw the Shape Bandit, but there are six clowns and they're looking for one. Bot's Robot Computer gives three clues: the clown has a purple wig, a tie with orange and yellow stripes, and the clown does not have a clown nose. The clues all lead to a black girl clown. The team talks to her to discover that the reason she doesn't have a clown nose is because Shape Bandit took it right from under her nose. Milli promises her that they'll get her clown nose back. The clown says that he's hiding in the game area. Geo thanks her for the clue, and the team heads to the game area while the clown wishes them good luck. The Shape Bandit was then seen hiding in the stuffed animal prizes and zooms off. He tricks Team Umizoomi into going into the wrong direction and sings a song about himself to the viewer.
A Fishy Rescue
The Shape Bandit finds a fish carnival game with a bunch of fish inside a glass bottle. He uses his whirlwind to take the cylinder-shaped cap from the glass bottle, and then he zooms off and leaves. Milli tosses Geo and Bot some fishbowls and catch all the little fish just in time. However, the big fish, Big Bob, is still trapped inside and is going to fall soon. He won't fit in the fish bowls because he's too big; he states that he is exactly five (5) units long. Three (3) kids offered an ice cream cup, a popcorn box, and a trophy, respectively, to catch him. Using her ponytails, Milli measures each item: the cup is three (3) units, the box is four (4) units, and the trophy is six (6) units, proving that the trophy is big enough to catch Big Bob. Just in the nick of time, Milli catches Big Bob with the trophy.
A Helicopter Escape
Suddenly, the team hears people outside the game to find out that the Shape Bandit has a helicopter hidden inside the popcorn stand. The Shape Bandit tells Team Umizoomi that they'll never catch him and flies off. Now the team is really angry with him. They have to follow him, but they don't have a helicopter and they can't build one without Geo's Shape Belt. Then, Geo looks at the nearby food stands and gets the idea of making a helicopter out of food. Milli finds it hard to believe, but Bot thinks that Geo can do it. Using a donut, a pizza slice, a french fry, a pickle, and two (2) hot dogs, Geo actually makes a helicopter out of the food. The team hops in the helicopter, put on their seatbelts, and fly into the sky as the people at the carnival cheer for them.
Act Two
Crow Trouble
Continuing from the first part, Team Umizoomi chases the Shape Bandit through the clouds. However, some of the clouds are filled with hungry crows, that take a bite of their pickle and their pizza. This kinda serves as a booby-trap for the team, and could impact their mission status if they are not careful. Luckily, Bot's Robot Computer informed the team that those crows only hide in clouds with exactly four (4) bumps on them. Therefore, if a cloud has four (4) bumps, it's considered booby-trapped, meaning they'll have to fly over it. If it has a different number of bumps, then it is deemed safe and they can fly right through it. The clouds were shown in this order, according to the number of bumps: "two, four, six, three, four, four." In that case, the team flew over the second, fifth, and sixth clouds, and they flew through the other ones.
Search for The Secret Hideout
The Shape Bandit takes more shapes in Umi City and once again states that Team Umizoomi will never catch him, not when he reaches his secret hideout. Team Umizoomi are surprised that the Shape Bandit has a secret hideout, and realize that they must catch him before he reaches his secret hideout. Team Umizoomi and the Shape Bandit fly over more parts in Umi City, but Team Umizoomi sees that the Shape Bandit abandoned his helicopter. They assume that he's on his way to his secret hideout.
A Gargoyle's Advice
Bot's Robo-Radar said that a gargoyle knows where the hideout is, but there are a lot of gargoyles. Bot's Robot Computer gives three (3) clues: the gargoyle has purple wings, orange feet, and one green horn. The clues lead to the gargoyle on the top right. The gargoyle was actually another victim of the Shape Bandit's thefts, like the clown, as the Shape Bandit took one of his cone-shaped horns. Geo promises him that they'll get his horn back if he tells them where the hideout is. He tells them that the hideout's door is on a giant pair of pants, which makes Bot chuckle a little. He wishes them good luck as they fly off to find the giant pair of pants.
Team Umizoomi Infiltrates the Hideout
On top of a clothes department store, the team finds a giant pair of pants and sees the Shape Bandit entering his hideout through the pants' right pocket. The team flies to the pants and skydives off their helicopter and jumps right through the door before it closes. They slide down a long and curvy slide and land in a long hallway.
The Shape Bandit's Warning
Milli points to a door at the end of the long hallway. Bot states that the door leads to where the Shape Bandit keeps all the shapes he takes. Geo knows that his Shape Belt is in that room too. The team runs down the hall, but Geo accidentally activates an alarm. The Shape Bandit appears on a big screen and warns them about his "three terrible traps": ice lasers, mud bubbles, and the hundred-brick wall. He probably said that to make them leave. However, he doesn't know is that Team Umizoomi never gives up on their mission no matter how tough it is.
The Three Terrible Traps
The Ice Lasers
Bot keeps a record of the three (3) terrible traps. He walks ahead and doesn't see any ice lasers. Suddenly, ice lasers appear right in front of him. He runs right back over to Milli and Geo. He almost unintentionally walked into an ice laser. Geo shows how dangerous the lasers are by tossing a banana, which gets frozen in a solid ice cube upon contact with an ice laser. Milli points out that there's an off button on the other side. Using her Pattern Power, Milli sneaks through all the lasers by crawling through square-shaped lasers, jumping over hurdle-like lasers, and diving through diamond-shaped lasers, all in that order, and pushes the off button, which melts the ice lasers, so Geo and Bot can get through. They both then give her a high-five for her effort. One (1) terrible trap down, two (2) to go.
The Mud Bubbles
Geo says that he doesn't see any mud anywhere. Suddenly, the ground opens up underneath them to show bubbly mud, and they are right away each trapped inside the mud bubbles. Geo and Milli try to pop them, but the mud bubbles are too strong. Bot tries to make them pop by using three gadgets: the Robo-Drill, the Robo-Jackhammer, and the Robo-Mallet, but the bubbles still don't pop. Luckily, Bot decides to try a Robot-sneeze, a sneeze so loud, it can pop anything. However, he can't make himself sneeze; a silly dance with three steps need to be perform to make a really loud Robot-sneeze. To do the dance, first, you must shake your belly side to side (shake, shake, shake). Then pat your head three (3) times (pat, pat, pat). And finally, give your hands a pinch like crab claws and say, "Ooga, ooga, ooga!" like a monster. Following the silly dance, Milli and Geo cover their ears as Bot gives out a loud sneeze which pops all the mud bubbles, freeing the team. They then land safely on the other side of the bubbly mud. Two (2) terrible traps down, one (1) to go.
The Hundred-Brick Wall
Milli looks ahead, but she doesn't see the hundred-brick wall, until many bricks pile up right in front of them. The brick wall reached from the floor all the way to the ceiling with no way around, and from the left side of the hall to the right. In that case, they have abruptly reached the new edge of the hallway. But, Geo thinks that if he builds something big, he can knock the wall down, but Milli tells him that the hallway has no shapes that he can use. Geo asks Bot if he had anything in his Bot-O-Mat. Bot checks inside and pulls out a bunch of bathroom stuff, including: roll of toilet paper, two hair-curlers, a toothbrush, a string of dental floss, and a ball of soap. Geo makes a giant wrecking-crane out of all the stuff. He hops in and moves the crane to the brick wall. The wrecking ball made out of soap moved back, swung into the wall, and made a giant hole in the middle. Now, the team has successfully dodged all three (3) terrible traps, and then they ran through the hole in the wall and opened the door to the Shape Bandit's Room.
The Shape Bandit's Room
Team Umizoomi looks around the room and see all the shapes that the Shape Bandit took, everything except Geo's Shape Belt. Suddenly, the team hears the Shape Bandit in the room behind all of the shapes. They peek around a wall corner and see him chasing bouncing colorful shapes. He's trying to use Geo's Shape Belt, but he can't because he doesn't know how. They now see their chance and finally got him cornered. He was surprised that they made it past his traps, but instead of running, he states that he gives up. He then explains why he took all of those shapes.
The Shape Bandit took all those shapes because he wants to build something that he wants more than anything. Geo sees a blueprint nearby with a picture of a house. The Shape Bandit wanted to build a house, so he could live in Umi City because he loves sunshine and people. He doesn't like living in the secret hideout because it's dark, cold, and... so lonely and then he cries a lot of tears, making Bot cry, too. The team feels bad for him and realize that he's not a bad guy at all; he just wants to live in Umi City.
Geo tells him that he didn't have to go through all of this; he could have just told them. The Shape Bandit sees that Geo will help him build his house. Geo skates around the room and grabs the shapes that are needed to make the house: a big yellow square, three purple rectangles, two purple diamonds, and a purple octagon. He lets the Shape Bandit put on the final shape: the purple triangle. Then, Geo and the Shape Bandit both sing, "Super Shapes!" to make the house come to reality and the Shape Bandit is really grateful to Geo. Bot and Milli use the crane to lift the house to an empty green yard in Umi City.
Conclusion: Umi City is Saved
The Shape Bandit is not ready to live in his house yet. First, he needs to return all the shapes he took. He whistles for his whirlwind, and it returns all the shapes back to where they originally belonged and repairs the damages. Then, there's just one more thing that the Shape Bandit needs to give back: Geo's Shape Belt. He takes it off his waist and gives it back to Geo who puts it back on where it belongs. The Shape Bandit apologizes for stealing all of those shapes and Geo's Shape Belt; then he raises his right hand and promises to never steal anything ever again. The Shape Bandit then goes inside his new house and loves how sunny and comfortable it is. Team Umizoomi thanks Umi-Friend for all their hard work today. Now, Geo got his Shape Belt back, all the shapes are back in their original places, and Umi City is finally vback to normal. As a result, everyone in Umi City joins in on the Crazy Shake before the team signs off, ending the episode.
Characters
- Team Umizoomi
- The Shape Bandit
- Miss Clown
- Fish
- Big Bob
- Little Fish
- Gargoyle
- 2468 News Anchorman
- Hungry Crows
- Pizza Customer
- 5 Other Clowns
- 8 Other Gargoyles
- 3 Kids
Locations
Powers Used
Milli
- Pattern Power
- Ice Laser Actions: Crawl, Jump, Dive
- Milli Measure
Geo
- Blueprint Antennae
- Shape Belt
- Super Shapes
- Megaphones
- Toy Rocket
- Miniature Buildings
- Shape Bandit's House
- Graham Cracker, Watermelon Slice and Waffle
- Scooter
- Toy Motorcycle
- Food Helicopter
- Wrecking Crane
Bot
- Belly Screen
- Disco Ball Antenna
- Bot-o-Mat
Shape Bandit
- Bag
- Shape-Snatching Whirlwind
Skills
Math Skills
- Counting by Tens
- Measurements
- Number Identification
- Hints and Clues
- Deductive Reasoning
- Observation Skills
- Shape Identification
- Patterns
World Skills
- Vehicles
- Speed and Speedometers
Super Skills
- Using Your Imagination
Songs
Original Songs
Songs In Every Episode
Song In Every Season 3 Episode
Quotes
Milli: Is the ice cream cup big enough for Big Bob? No! It's too small! Three is less than five (3 < 5).
Milli: We caught Big Bob!
- Big Bob: Thanks Milli!
- Milli: You're welcome! And thank you for helping us!
Milli: (angrily) That tricky Shape Bandit!
Shape Bandit: A-toodley doo, Team Umizoomi! (zooms off)
Shape Bandit: Toodley-- Oh, you know the rest.
Bot: Flapping floppy disks! Hungry crows are trying to eat our helicopter!
Geo: Look, another cloud!
Bot: Does this cloud have four bumps? Yes!
Team Umizoomi: Secret hideout?!
Bot: Its... one of those statues!
- Geo: Those are gargoyle statues!
Bot: Okay, here's the last thing we need to know. The gargoyle we're looking for has one green horn.
Geo: We made it! We’re in the Shape Bandit's secret hideout.
Team Umizoomi: It's the Shape Bandit!
- Shape Bandit: Uh uh uh! I wouldn't go any further if I were you.
Team Umizoomi: Shake shake shake, pat pat pat, OOGA OOGA OOGA!
Bot: Ah...ah...AH-CHOO!
Geo: Game over, Shape Bandit!
Geo and Shape Bandit: Super Shapes!
- Shape Bandit (still singing): You know what I'm talking about
- Super, duper shapes
- [air guitar jangling]
- Geo: Shape Bandit?
- Shape Bandit (still singing): Super, duper-
- Geo: It's over.
- Shape Bandit: Oh, yeah, okay.
Geo: Ah, glad to have you back, Shape Belt.
Shape Bandit: I'm so sorry I took your shape belt, Geo. I promise I'll never steal anything ever again.
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