Tip the Mouse

Tip, Billy, Offy and their fathers are going camping in the woods. Dr. Bigtail tells the children the story of the elf in the woods, who can make your wishes come true - if you can find him. The pups are fascinated by the story and go off into the woods in search of the elf. But will they find him before their fathers find them?

Tip just cannot fool Mommy! She always knows exactly what's going on! How does she do it? Tip is convinced that Mommy is magic, and he follows her about all day to try and find out what her magic is.

Tip is tired of the same old routine every day: brush your teeth, put your pyjamas on, go to bed... What would the world be like if everything were backwards, like in a mirror, he wonders. And suddenly, Mommy becomes messy and frivolous, Billy becomes a bully, and Jody can't seem to get anything right: everything is backwards! And it's not really much fun at all...

Tip wants to be like his favourite comic-book superhero, but nothing he does seems to be worthy of a true hero. In the end, he realises you don't need to do something dramatic to be a hero.

Tip doesn't want to fasten his safety belt in the car because it's uncomfortable, it's tight, it chokes him and he can't move around. Well then they'll walk, says Daddy. After taking a walk around the village, Tip realises safety really is important, and he promises he'll always fasten his safety belt.

The kindergarten is putting on a play. At the rehearsals, Tip realises he is afraid of getting up and saying his lines in front of his classmates and Miss Maggie. Tip is disappointed, but with Raphael's valuable advice, he figures out how to overcome his stage fright and be a successful actor.

The holidays are over, but Tip doesn't want to go back to kindergarten. He and his friends come up with all kinds of excuses to prolong their vacation. Nothing seems to work, but then the holidays end up being extended because of a problem at the kindergarten. The pups are in seventh heaven, but they soon get bored. Thinking back to the fun times they had in kindergarten...

Tip and Jody realise everybody has a profession... except them! So they decide to find their profession, and they try everything they can think of, with no luck. The two of them are disappointed, but they soon find out that they already have a profession, a very tough one: profession pup!

Tip leafs through an old photo album and remembers when he was first told he was going to have a little sister. How strange he felt... he was convinced his Mommy and Daddy were going to replace him with a new pup. But he soon changed his mind, and he's very happy to have Tippy in the family!

Tip finds a four-leaf clover and becomes convinced it brings him good luck. And in fact when he loses it, everything starts to go wrong! But does it really depend on the loss of his good luck charm? Miguel helps Tip to understand that there is no such thing as bad luck, and that even when things don't go just the way we want, we can still find a positive side to them.

Everything seems to be going wrong for Tip and Jody, and they get so angry they can't manage to do anything anymore. But Tip's Mommy helps the two pups build a basket to put all their anger in. They have so much fun, they're not angry at all anymore!

Betty and her mommy are at Tip's house. The two of them try to attract their mommies' attention as they play, but their mothers seem to be captivated by Tippy. Tip and Betty come to believe they have become invisible, and have fun playing "the invisibles". But then they start to wonder: how can they play with their friends, if their friends can't even see them? They'd better get back to normal

Everyone in the village is excited about the "Special Things Festival". Everyone is trying to find something truly unusual to take to the contest. Tip is also looking for something special, and he really wants to win the contest! Will he find something special enough to amaze the judges or will he realise that the most special thing you can have is special friends?

Tip claims he never tells a lie. But he tells some almost-truths! Mommy explains to him that almost-truths can do as much damage as lies, but Tip is not convinced. He has lots of fun telling half-truths, but trouble comes along and in the end Tip realises what his mommy meant and promises not to tell any more half-lies... or almost-truths!

It's Jumper's birthday, and the teacher asks the pups who would like to make a drawing to use as a birthday card. Tip volunteers right away! At home, he hasn't forgotten his promise, but he wants to play for a while first... after all, there's plenty of time! But evening comes and he still hasn't made the birthday card. Will he manage to keep his promise?!

Tip never follows advice. Not even now that he's down at the river with his family. Grandpa warns him not to go near the sticky trees, but Tip, impatient to go off with Jody, doesn't listen to him. The result is disastrous, and Tip realises it's important to pay attention to advice. From then on, whenever someone has advice to offer, he's all ears!

The pups are at kindergarten, playing with plasticine. Tessa has made a figurine, but it won't stand up. Tip gives her some advice and she fixes it. Tip is happy, and spends the rest of the day convinced he's always right. But the afternoon has some surprises in store: he'll soon realise he can't be right all the time, and he doesn't want to be, either!

Henry entertains his friends with a magic trick, and Tip thinks he can do it too, but when he tries, he can't. When Henry tries to explain the trick to him, Tip proudly refuses to listen, telling him he knows how to do it, just not using buttons! Then he goes off in a huff. But an afternoon with Grandpa helps him realise that if you know how to do something properly, it's a lot easier.

As the family is setting the table for lunch, Tip puts the tablecloth over his head and jumps out from behind the door, making Daddy jump; everyone laughs. Then Tip sneaks up on Grandpa while he's reading his newspaper and makes him jump, too. For the rest of the day Tip has fun making everyone jump: his Mommy, his aunts... but after a while nobody laughs any more, and he wonders why...

Tip doesn't want take an afternoon nap. Mommy and Daddy tell him how important it is to rest, and that he'll be tired before bedtime if he doesn't. But Tip refuses to listen to them. And for a while he seems to be right, but by the time he gets to Jody's party, Tip is too tired to have fun. In the end, he has to admit that he should carry on taking his afternoon nap.

One Saturday morning in Spring, Mommy has to go out, and Daddy and Tip are sure they can manage just fine without her. But sometimes things are not as easy as they seem!

Tip just can't keep a secret. It's no good: secrets burst out of him, like sneezes! But, with Nutty's help, Tip learns how to keep a secret in order to play a game or surprise somebody. He recognises the importance of keeping a secret when he sees how happy Mommy is about the surprise party organised for her: it can be hard to keep a secret, but sometimes, it really is worth it!

Tip's aunt Lena comes over for a visit, and kisses him on the top of the head. Then she measures his height to see how much he's grown. Tip doesn't seem to have grown at all! Tip is disappointed, and when he sees his aunts kissing Tippy, he concludes that kisses are stunting his growth, because they're for babies! So he refuses any more kisses...

Tip and Jody are playing in the park and making a lot of noise. Their mothers ask them to tone it down, and the pups decide not to speak any more. But it soon becomes hard to stay silent, and the two realise that when it is others who make noise... it really can be annoying.