Treasure! is the 51st and penultimate episode (15th on ITVX) of Season 1 of Mr. Bean: The Animated Series. It is the 19th and penultimate episode in Autumn 2004 block. It originally aired over CITV on October 29, 2004.
This episode has two official uploads on YouTube, both on official channel and Mr. Bean World channel. Both uploads masses of 26.8 million views in total with the first upload being the highest viewed.
Synopsis[]
Mr. Bean finds a treasure map, but its tricky clues lead him nearly all the way to Australia!
Plot[]
Bean prepares his nighttime bath, but no water comes out of the faucet. So, he goes to the attic to fix the pipes by tightening it with a pipe wrench. Once he is finished, he gets startled by a series of noises such as a vase shattering, a music box playing “Humpty Dumpty”, a rocking horse, and a doll facing him. Bean is relieved when he realizes it's just a mouse causing all the noises. He then notices the box the mouse was sitting on and opens it to find a sack inside.
The sack contains pirate equipment such as a pirate hat, an eyepatch, and a wooden toy sword, which he briefly uses to make his teddy walk along a ruler like a plank and into a bucket of water. He then finds a photo of a young boy dressed in the same pirate costume and a case that is locked. Finally, he finds a jigsaw puzzle set of a toy shop that he nearly completes but is unable to do a missing piece. Bean searches for it by emptying the sack, but he still can't find it. He plays with a top but he accidentally throws it outside the window, accidentally hitting a cat outside his window. Bean finds a map showing that there's treasure inside Mrs. Wicket's fireplace.
He goes downstairs and sneaks in Wicket's room, almost waking her up so he sings a lullaby while waving a travel brochure in front of her so she can sleep soundly. He almost steps on Scrapper so he sends him outside. Bean is almost in the fireplace, but Scrapper wakes up and meows outside, waking Wicket up, so she can get Scrapper back inside her flat. Fortunately, Bean is able to enter the fireplace before Wicket spots him. Inside the chimney, Bean finds a case hidden inside.
After returning to his flat, Bean opens the case, revealing another map that shows two trees to the treasure. He sees the two trees in the photo behind the boy and sees them just outside, in the garden. Bean finds an arrow pointing up so he climbs the tree where he gets startled by an owl leaving its nest. He puts his fingers inside but gets bitten by an owlet, thinking his finger is a worm. He looks inside realizing the egg has just hatched. The owl is angry at Bean for taking its baby so Bean puts it back then it flies back to the nest. Above the hole Bean sees another arrow pointing left to the second tree and then two arrows pointing downwards. Bean moves the ladder to the second tree and grabs a squirrel before discovering another map and putting the squirrel back inside. The third map shows a land shaped like Australia. Bean, shocked, realizes he has to go from the United Kingdom all the way to Australia to find the treasure.
The next day, Bean goes to Heathrow, where he boards a Boeing 707 to Canberra (the capital of Australia). As the stair lorry moves, Bean is inside the plane with a girl next to him. When the plane takes off, Bean sees, to this horror, that they are flying over the Australia-shaped park, in which was the map intended to indicate. Thinking fast, he snatches the lady's lipstick and taps them all to his face so he can pretend he has pox. Suddenly, Bean runs to the cockpit and tells the 2 pilots to go back while making gag sounds. After a lot of choking and retching, he faints. With that, the 2 pilots did what Mr. Bean said to them so that he will be taken to the hospital. On the stretcher, Bean pretends to be unconscious. When the doctor opens the ambulance doors, he makes a run for it.
Arriving at the park, Bean follows the map. He heads to a shack and finds the 'X' inside. By nighttime, Bean removes the wooden floorboards and digs there. Bean finds a small toy treasure chest that contains a key. He is disappointed at first but he realizes that it's the key for the locked case earlier. Bean then runs right home and unlocks the key which contains the last puzzle piece, which is of a treasure chest. At last, Bean is happy that the puzzle is finally finished.
Cast[]
- Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean
- Jon Glover
- Sally Grace as Julia Wicket
- Simon Treves
Characters[]
Main Characters[]
- Mr. Bean
- Julia Wicket
- Teddy
- Scrapper
- Pilots(voice only)
- Squirrel (cameo)
- Owl
- Baby Owl
- Doctors' Paramedics
Locations[]
- Australia-shaped park
- London
- Heathrow Airport
- The plane
Goofs[]
- When Mr. Bean is about to be put in the ambulance, one of the ambulance doors is open. However when the man opens the doors, both of them are closed.
Trivia[]
- This is the last episode with an exclamation mark in its title, the next episode to have the exclamation mark in its title until 21 years later with Say Cheese! episode in season 4.
- The scene where Bean rides an aeroplane is inspired by the live-action episode, Mr. Bean Rides Again, and in the 1997 film, Bean
- The plane is based off a Boeing 707. The variant is possibly a 320c as the moving stair lorry is at the back. The front is for cargo.
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In Other Languages[]
| Language | Title |
|---|---|
| Dutch | De Schat! |
| Finnish | Aarre |
| French | Trésor ! |
| German | Der Schatz |
| Italian | Caccia al tesoro |
| Polish | Poszukiwacz skarbów |
| Russian | Клад |
| Slovenian | Zaklad! |