Scruffty The Detective is the twelfth episode of the fourth season.
Plot
A time capsule is being built for Mr. Ellis and will be buried outside the museum. However, Spud thinks it is a treasure chest and he empties the contents of it and almost buries it.
Characters
- Bob
- Wendy
- Scoop
- Muck
- Dizzy
- Roley
- Lofty
- Travis
- Spud
- Farmer Pickles
- Scruffty
- Mr. Ellis
- Mr. Dixon
- Mrs. Percival
- Mr. Bernard Bentley
- Mr. Dixon
- Squawk
- Pilchard (cameo)
- Mr. Beasley (cameo)
- Mrs. Potts (cameo)
- Mrs. Broadbent (cameo)
- Mavis (mentioned)
- Mrs. Percival (mentioned)
Locations
- Bobsville
- Bob's Yard (Bobsville)
- The Countryside
- Farmer Pickles' Feilds
- Town Hall
Trivia
- Mavis from the post office is mentioned again.
- Items in the time capsule:
- The newspaper of the day from Mr. Ellis.
- Stamps from Mavis.
- A school cap from Mrs. Percival.
- A matchstick model of the town hall from Mr. Bentley.
- A wellington boot from Farmer Pickles
- A photograph of the town from Mr. Dixon.
- This episode was paired with Scoop's Stegosaurus (Season 4) when it first premiered in the US.
- This episode was the first ever Scruffty dedicated episode.
- Lofty is strangely absent from the Yard, at the beginning of the episode.
In Other Languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Russian | Скраффи детектив | Scruffty the Detective |
| Polish | Reksio tropiciel | Scruffty's Tracker |
| Japanese | たんていスクラフティ! | Detective Scan Scruffty! |
| German | Bello der Detektiv | Scruffty the Detective |