The Sofa (stylised as THE SOFA in the title) is 10th episode of Season 1 of the Animated Series.
Synopsis
Original Description
Mr. Bean tries to watch his TV shows with his Teddy, but his sofa has many springs coming out making it difficult for him to sit. So he decides to buy a new sofa but the new sofa cost 300 pounds. So Mr. Bean decides to have a yard sale, but all his stuff got removed until one guy pays him 300 pounds for a stamp and managed to buy the new sofa. Unfortunately, Mr. Bean's remote is missing. When Mr. Bean goes back to the antique shop (where he abandoned the damaged sofa) to retrieve the control, it is already sold to unseen driver of blue Reliant.
YouTube
When Mr. Bean's sofa becomes old and worn, he decides to purchase a new one.
IMDb
It fakes to pieces so Bean buys a new one. But by getting rid of the old one Bean loses the TV remote in the process.
Plot
Mr. Bean was making dinner. He is seen making Fish and Chips for himself and Teddy. While he was eating the Chips, He asks Teddy that he wanted two of his chips since Teddy can't eat. Mr. Bean took two of his chips. Mr. Bean wanted to watch TV but couldn't find the remote. He then finds the remote but one of the springs comes out of the sofa. He tunes to a nature documentary about Polar Bears. However he couldn't continue to eat when many springs comes out of the sofa. He needs a new sofa (and a pillow too.).
The next day, he goes to the mall to buy a new sofa. However, a woman wanted a new sofa too and goes to the elevator to the sixth floor. Mr. Bean missed the elevator and goes on the escalator but there was alot of people and Mr. Bean tells them to hurry up. So, he turns the escalator speed to go fast. Mr. Bean finally is at the sixth floor and signs the number sign upside down. The woman was ready to buy the sofa but soon sees the number sign. She said "Wrong floor!" and goes back to the elevator. Mr. Bean finally sees the sofa and jumps on it with Teddy as soon a worker asked him to buy it. Mr. Bean tries to give 20 pounds to the worker but the Sofa costs 300 pounds.
Mr. Bean goes home to see if he has more money but he only has 2 pounds. Mr. Bean sadly walks to a window when he sees a yard sale. He decides to do a yard sale. A little girl took Teddy but Mr. Bean took it because it was his Teddy and it wasn't for sale causing the little girl to cry. Having second thoughts, Mr. Bean said it was for sale and only costs one pound making the little girl happy. Soon, Mr. Bean misses Teddy so he crossed the road and tell the little girl to give it back but she refused. Mr. Bean gave 20 pounds to the girl and got Teddy back. As he was telling Teddy off, a garbage truck came and stole Mr. Bean's stuff that he wanted to sell. A man was buying a stamp. So, Mr. Bean said it was 300 pounds. The man gives him 300 pounds and he was finally ready to buy the sofa.
Mr. Bean goes to the mall again but soon see a couple thinking the couple is gonna buy the sofa but soon sees the worker from earlier (named Norman)'s name tag. So, Mr. Bean decides to be a worker and asked the couple the sofa smells and offer this small sofa. Norman asked Mr. Bean how it's going. The couple gets the cushion, causing Mr. Bean to get excited. He then jumps on the sofa and Norman asked him to get out or pay him 300 pounds. Mr. Bean gave Norman 300 pounds and it was sold.
Two people were carrying the new sofa to Mr. Bean's house. Mr. Bean said to throw away his old sofa because of the springs, but they just laughed and drove away. Mrs. Wicket, unhappy with Mr. Bean, ordered him to throw away the sofa himself.
He then drove to the scrapyard but it was closed and then gets an idea but carrying inside the Garbage place but it went back to his car meaning he can't get rid of the sofa. He then sees an antique shop and puts away his old sofa.
Mr. Bean and Teddy was having dinner again and want to watch TV but the remote is missing again. Then he thinks it's still inside the old sofa at the antique shop, so he went back to the store. He asked a worker for the remote but the Reliant Regal got the sofa causing Mr. Bean become enraged and chase after him. Then, it was revealed it was at the antique shop, selling for 10p.
Characters
Locations
- Mall
- Antique shop
- Junkyard
Errors
- The forks and knives grow larger when Mr. Bean prepares them on the sofa.
- When the sofa's spring springs out for the second and third times there is no hole on the area it popped out. The hole appears when Mr. Bean moves Teddy to the spring. The hole then disappears again when all the springs pop out of the sofa, and reappears again when Mr. Bean is moving the sofa out.
- The escalator length appears to have changed.
Trivia
- This episode's title is the second one to be written in CAPS.
In Other Languages
| Language | Title |
|---|---|
| Dutch | De nieuwe sofa |
| Finnish | Sohva |
| French | Le Canapé |
| German | Das Sofa |
| Italian | Il divano |
| Polish | Kanapa |
| Romanian | Canapeaua |
| Slovenian | Zofa |
Gallery
Videos
The Sofa - Full Episode - Mr. Bean Official Cartoon