Spring Clean is the 8th episode of Season 1 of the Animated Series.
Synopsis
Mr. Bean finds that cleanliness can be a filthy business.
Plot
It's spring cleaning time and Mr. Bean's room is a total mess, so he cleans up everything. He starts with mopping the floor but the mop head breaks so he uses Teddy to mop the floor. Then he also uses Teddy to clean his toilet. Then he puts a pile of clothes and various items in his washing machine, including his pajamas which he removes. After that he hangs everything outside. He then cleans his door knob, his eggs, his cabinet, Teddy, pantry, and even the spray. He then vacuums his bedroom floor but he accidentally sucks Teddy inside the vacuum cleaner. So he opens the vacuum to free Teddy but he pulls out a stinky fishbone at first (which he puts back inside the vacuum bag) before pulling Teddy out. He resumes vacuuming the floor. At last, Bean's room is finally clean. Once he's done checking his list, all that's left is to take a bath.
Bean goes to his bathtub but he sees the spider from the washing machine earlier. So he tries to wash it off with his shower but he accidentally breaks it instead. He then uses a vacuum cleaner to suck it. He throws it out the window but it escapes. With the spider gone, he finally takes a bath. He uses liquid soap to make a bubble bath but he only gets one drop of soap. He then uses his electric mixer to make bubbles but the single drop of soap is not enough to form a tubful. Bean grates a bar of soap and uses the dough mixer once again, and this time bubbles form in his tub. Now he can start bathing. Bean brings Teddy with him and turns him away when he removes his clothes. While bathing in the tub, Bean plays in the tub and also plays with a soap attached to a string similar to a yoyo. While playing with the soap yoyo, he accidentally breaks it, sending it flying around the bathroom.
After he gets out of the bathtub, Bean accidentally slips on the soap and water on the floor, sending him flying across the room and slams into the vacuum causing it to explode and his room becomes a mess again. He tries to bathe again except there's no hot water. He hears a noise coming from upstairs and he sees his upstairs neighbor showering with hot water so he cuts the pipe using a saw so he can also have hot water. After that, he attaches a rubber pipe to the main pipe to connect to his bathtub so he can finally have hot water. Unfortunately, the neighbor uses green shampoo that mixes with the water in Bean's tub, making him green. He screams in horror upon seeing himself green in his mirror, scaring the birds into flying away (with one falling to the ground before flying away). Disappointed, he boils water to fill his bathtub but it's not enough. Fortunately for him, the neighbor is done showering so he enters her bathroom to shower there. Unfortunately, the neighbor comes back to the bathroom because she doesn't like her green hair. Bean is forced to hide in the shower when he sees her. The neighbor doesn't like the green shampoo so she uses the pink shampoo instead. She presses the button, but accidentally touches Bean's nose. Annoyed that the shower didn't turn on, she touches Bean's nose again and Bean turns on the shower. The neighbor showers again and uses the pink shampoo just as Bean climbs to the ceiling window to escape.
Bean tries to return to his bathroom, but the rubber pipe breaks, causing him to slip and fall in a wheelbarrow filled with mud, turning him brown this time. He enters Mrs. Wicket's bathroom, and sees her leave so he uses this as an opportunity to bath in her bathroom. He takes a bath but he puts too much liquid soap into the machine causing it to explode, flooding Mrs. Wicket's room with soapy water. Mrs. Wicket returns home and when she opens the door, torrents of water fill up the entire first floor. Furious, she hits Bean with her umbrella, almost hitting Scrapper who runs back to the room. Wicket continues hitting Bean with her umbrella, then the episode ends.
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Trivia
- Mr. Bean had to take four baths in this episode, one for each reason:
- First bath: Because he needed to, when he noticed that he was smelly after cleaning up his room, in his bathroom.
- Second bath: Because he crashed into the vacuum cleaner and got covered in dust and dirt, in his own bathroom.
- Third bath: Because he turned green in his bathtub and had to wash the green soap off him, in his neighbor's bathroom.
- Fourth bath: Because he fell in a wheelbarrow filled with mud, getting himself and his towel dirty, in Mrs. Wicket's bathroom. The fourth bath was the only bath that succeeded due to Mr. Bean not getting dirty again after this bath. However, he does end up ruining Mrs. Wicket's room with the bubbly flood.
- In the first few parts of this episode, Mr. Bean is fully clothed. For the rest of the episode, starting with the scene involving the washing machine, he is naked.
- This episode has 84 million views on YouTube making it the second most viewed Season 1 episode.
Censorship
- When this episode aired on Boomerang Asia, both of the scenes where Mr. Bean used an electric mixer to make bubbles in his bathtub were edited out.
- The scene in which Mr. Bean escapes the Neighbour girl's bathroom was cut.
Errors
- Before Bean takes a bath, there is a shower on the bathroom wall but when he tries to bath again the shower is gone. The shower reappears when he is green and he puts boiling water in the tub.
Gallery
Videos
Spring Clean - Full Episode - Mr. Bean Official Cartoon