- “Yes, it's been nice looking after you, but...your real mum's waiting for you now i...in the coop. Off...off you go... No, go on...”
- ―Spud about to tear up while saying goodbye to the chick he looked after
Cock-a-Doodle Spud is the third episode of the fifth series.
Plot
Farmer Pickles' hen has abandoned her eggs, so Bob is building a hen coop. Spud decides to look after the chicks. Spud then found out that the cockerel/rooster, who had been crowing this morning and driving him nuts, was the father. The cockerel/rooster then crowed happily at the top of his feathers as if to say, “He sure is. Thanks for taking good care of my family while I was away.” He was glad that Spud took good care of his wife and kids.
Characters
Animals
- Chickens
- Chicks
- Cockerel/Rooster
Voice Cast
United Kingdom & Australia
- Neil Morrissey as Bob, Farmer Pickles, Scruffty & the Cockerel
- Rob Rackstraw as Scoop, Muck, Travis & Spud
- Kate Harbour as Wendy & Dizzy
North America
- William Dufris as Bob & Farmer Pickles
- Lorelei King as Wendy
- Alan Marriott as Scoop, Travis & Spud
- Maria Darling as Dizzy
- Lachele Carl as Muck
- Neil Morrissey as Scruffty & the Rooster (Uncredited)
Norway
- Hans Petter Meirik as Bob, Scoop, Travis & Farmer Pickles
- Øyvind B. Lyse as Muck & Spud
- Jannike Kruse as Wendy & Dizzy
Finland
- Timo Tuominen as Bob
- Antti Pääkkönen as Scoop & Travis
- Jukka Rasila as Muck, Spud & Farmer Pickles
- Rinna Paatso as Wendy & Dizzy
Locations
- Bobsville
- The Countryside
Trivia
- Despite airing in 2002 for the UK, this episode was produced in 2001 according to the UK credits.
- This episode was also released on VHS in September 2001 before airing on the main BBC channel and CBeebies in April 2002.
- This episode was the first appearance of Farmer Pickles' family of chickens.
- Spud cries for the first time.
- Spud's grunt after falling over the duvet he accidentally ripped open was re-used from Scoop Has Some Fun (Series 3).
- In the UK version, Travis/Spud exclaiming, "Ooooh!" after the cockerel/rooster runs toward Spud is the same voice clip used for Travis in Runaway Roley (Series 2).
- The cockerel/rooster's crow after Spud questions the whereabouts of the chicks' dad is omitted in the US dub.
- This was the only Series 5 episode to be paired with a Series 6 episode when aired on Nick Jr. in the US and Treehouse TV in Canada.
- This episode was paired with Lofty and the Rabbits (Series 6) when it first premiered in North America and Latin America.
- Muck's new smiling mouth prototype was shown while passing Spud, which was not official until season 7.
In Other Languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | Shati ben Kikirikiki! | Spud Makes Cock-a-Doodle-Doo! |
| Polish | Kukuryku Strachu | Cock-a-Doodle Spud |
| Russian | Ку-ка-ре-ку Спад | Ku-Ka-Re-Ku Spud |
| Latin Spanish | Spud la Mamá Gallina | Spud the Mother Hen |
| Dutch | Kukeleku Spud | Cock-a-Doodle Spud |
| German | Knolle und das Küken | Spud and the Chick |
| Romanian | Cucurigu Spud | Cock-a-Doodle Spud |
| Czech | Hugo a kuřátka | Spud and Chicks |
| Finnish | Kukkelikuu-Putte | Cock-A-Doodle Spud |