"Crystal Caper" is an episode from the first season of LazyTown. Premise"When Sportacus accidentally drops his crystal, a covetous Stingy picks it up and does not return it. Robbie turns in a fake crystal in order to get the reward: One free wish. And his wish? The banishment of Sportacus! Will Stingy give the crystal back in time to save the day?" Characters
TranscriptClick here. PrologueSportacus gets out his water bottle, spins it around and drinks from it. Main EpisodeAfter Sportacus saves The LazyTown kitten, Ziggy, who was watching him, tells the other kids about what happened. Sportacus comes up to him and Ziggy tells him he was pretending to be him. Ziggy shows him but falls over. Stephanie asks him if is it true that every time someone's in trouble he can see them in his crystal. Sportacus gives it to Stephanie to show it to the other kids. Stingy really wants to keep it, but Sportacus says he needs it. Stingy gets really mad and decides to go home in his yellow toy car to look at all the things that just belong to him. He comes up to a hole which causes Sportacus's crystal to activate. He saves Stingy by covering up the hole, unknowingly leaving his crystal by the hole. Ziggy declares that was super brave. Stingy thanks Sportacus again, holding the crystal behind his back so Sportacus doesn't know it's lost. Down in Robbie Rotten's lair, Robbie Rotten receives a letter from the library. It says Dear, Mister Rotten, You have an overdue book from the library and we would like it back. As of today your fine amounts to 4600 dollars and 3 cents. Please pay this...... He then reads his book, which is actually called 'Rotten Behavior for Dummies'. Sportacus notices his crystal has gone missing and notifies it to Mayor Meanswell and Bessie Busybody. Bessie calls everyone in LazyTown and asks them to help search for the crystal right away. Pixel makes some posters and Bessie Busybody accidentally lets Robbie Rotten know about the missing crystal. He sees Pixel putting up a poster and realizes that who ever finds the crystal will have a wish granted. Robbie Rotten decides to earn the reward by making a fake crystal. After giving it to Sportacus. Stephanie sings Anything Can Happen to show how things have changed. Stephanie and Sportacus decide to have a celebration, so Mayor Meanswell puts up the stage. Robbie Rotten gets mad that everyone is making him wait hours for his reward. He eventually falls into a hole, then Stingy, with the real crystal on his hood as his hood ornament, comes right at him but stops right in time. Robbie Rotten asks him if he could borrow the crystal, Stingy refuses, so Robbie Rotten tells him that he has something he doesn't have, so Stingy suggests they have a meeting at the tree house. Robbie Rotten goes to the tree house and offers him a mountain of comic books, coins and a coffee cup with a picture of Texas on it, but Stingy doesn't want to trade it, so Robbie Rotten leaves and intends to tell everyone about Stingy not returning the real crystal to Sportacus, and knocks down the ladder, leaving Stingy trapped inside the tree house, causing Sportacus's crystal to activate in his hand. Stingy calls out for help. And just before Robbie could use his wish to banish Sportacus from Lazy Town, Stephanie hears Stingy calling for help and Sportacus sees that his crystal isn't working. He runs to the treehouse, puts up the ladder, and rescues Stingy Stingy admits what he did and apologizes. And since he returned the real crystal, he gets to make a wish. He wishes I wish that I'll never take anything that doesn't belong to me, then Bing Bang is sung, and Trixie smooches Stingy at the end. EpilogueRobbie lands back in his lair and causes the mountain of comic books, coins, and the coffee cup to land on him.
Book adaptationIn 2006, Simon Spotlight and Nick Jr. released a book based on this episode, titled The Crystal Caper: A Lift-the-Flap Story. It was adapted by Wendy Wax and illustrated by the Artifact Group. Trivia
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