Gary the Dromedary gets attracted to Zed the Zebra whom he thinks he is his friend; however, Zed becomes rude and harshly berates his best friend. However, when Zed realizes the actions he did in a wrong manner, he decides to apologize to Gary for his actions.
Summary
Main Zoo
| “ | I believe Giggles! ...and I believe Tickles! Giggles! Tickles! | „ |
| ~ The animals, very angry about what monkey stole the last banana. |
When Lucy slides down, she notices the animals are in a grumpy mood with the monkeys Giggles and Tickles. It all started when the monkeys are arguing whether one of them has the last banana. The animals are still friends with Lucy, but not with the monkeys, reminding Nelson about Gary and his best friend Zed..
Story
Even though Zed was a popular zebra, the animals were very happy with his tap-dancing. Soon, Gary has come from the desert and is liking to do tap-dancing. Gary is also trying to run like Zed, but is very keen with him. He also sees Zed chewing grass and playing music with Herbert. He convinces the monkeys to disguise himself as a zebra in order to be friends with Zed. After gargling the water, the animals (except Zed) laughed at Gary.
| “ | Zed: Gary, stop saying "Brilliant"! Gary: Fine... Zed: ...and stop copying me; you're not a zebra! Gary: Fine... Zed:...and you're not my friend! Gary: Fine.. Zed: You're just a nuisance; go away! Gary: Okay, Zed. If that's want you want... |
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| ~ Zed, yelling at Gary in a harsh way, making him more miserable, much to Georgina, Molly, and Nathalie reacting of what Zed said to him albeit in a harsh manner. |
Zed was very upset with Gary for impersonating him, because of the zebra stripes on his undergo. Gary returned to the desert after being bullied, which was the complete obstacle.
| “ | Georgina: That wasn't very nice of you, Zed! Molly: Not nice at all! |
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| ~ Georgina and Molly, angry at Zed. |
As soon as Gary leaves the jungle, the animals are very angry with Zed. Gary is very miserable after Zed yelled at him. He decides to dance in the sandy oasis.
The next day, the animals are still angry with Zed for yelling at him. Zed returns to the desert to see his friend Gary. He despairs for being rude to the dromedary. Even though Gary stated "he and other camels have nothing special", the parrots saw him doing the sand dance yesterday. Gary has taught Zed the sand dance and Zed's friends are very happy with him once again.
Moral Ending
The moral of this story is about self-improvement; Zed became rude with Gary at one point during the story, but he realises the thing he did wrong - proving himself of how he feels when he apologised to Gary for treating him in such a harsh manner.
After the story, the animals are very happy with the ending. Lucy has another happy ending: she found the banana for the monkeys. Molly replies that she and the other animals never saw the banana at first, due to their busy argument. After the conflict was resolved, the animals can go back to sleep. The monkeys are best friends again by connecting their tails into a shape of a heart just as Georgina puts Lucy back to bed.
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Trivia
- The desert parrots are voiced by Adrienne Posta and Keith Wickham.
- One of the desert parrots seem to change colors in scenes they appeared.
- This is the first episode where the chorus of the theme song is never heard.
- Molly has three different angry eyebrows in this episode. When Nelson is angry about the two monkeys who argued, Molly is seen angry. However, Molly's eyebrows change once Boris believes one of the monkeys stole his/her banana. These eyebrows are almost the same as the ones in Episode 18. But once Gary got bullied by Zed, Molly has different angry eyebrows.
- This episode is very similar to the Sesame Street episode, "Friendship Day".