Valuable Lessons is the thirty-fourth episode of Season 4 of Mr. Bean: The Animated Series.
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After noticing Mr. Bean and Mrs. Wicket with a lot of riches, the father and son burglars hatch up an evil plan. The son disguised himself as a gentleman in order to propose to Ms. Wicket in hopes on getting riches, but Bean and Scrapper are suspicious. The burglar duo are arrested yet again but leaves Mrs. Wicket heartbroken.
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A pair of burglars attempt to get their hands on Mrs. Wicket's fortune by way of marriage.
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The episode starts at night where Bean is singing while listening to music via headphones. While downstairs Wicket is watching her favorite wrestling show. Suddenly, the alarm is triggered, so she looks outside and she sees the two thieves robbing a house. Wicket calls Bean but Bean can't hear her because he's listening to music. Bean then stops when Wicket arrives upstairs and knocks his door. The thieves hear the police coming so they hide in their truck. Bean enters Wicket's room and she tells him to look what's going on outside; the homeowner explains to the police she has been robbed. Wicket, scared that she'll get robbed, takes her money from the flower pot, from her chair and takes her case from the fireplace. The police then leave so the two robbers can now reveal themselves. The smaller thief shows the larger thief the large stash of Wicket's money. So they plan on how to get all her money. Bean closes the curtains just as Wicket opens her vault to get another case and throws it so Bean can catch it. Once all the money is on the table, the thieves look at them when Scrapper shows up and snarls at them, scaring them.
The next day, the two thieves are still outside Bean's flat and they see Bean and Wicket leaving while Bean is pushing the wheelbarrow where Wicket's savings are hidden. Bean places the wheelbarrow on top of his Mini and they depart; with the two thieves following them. Bean and Wicket arrive at the bank to deposit her money while the thieves watch them. The small thief goes to rob them but the large thief stops him and he thinks on what to do. The bank manager opens the vault and they place Wicket's savings inside. After they deposit, Wicket sees a shop named Beattie's Bridal Wear. The large thief tells the small thief to look at where Wicket is looking. The large thief tells the small thief that he can disguise himself and marry Wicket so he can legally own her wealth. In the imagination, the large thief poisons Wicket's drink and Wicket dies from the poisoning. Then the large thief puts the flat for sale and kicks Bean out. Because the small thief married Wicket, he legally owns her wealth so they won't get arrested.
The small burglar snatches Scrapper with the net and places him in their truck; while in the truck Scrapper attacks the large burglar. Wicket calls Scrapper just as Bean fixes the nail of the frame covering the vault. Wicket can't find Scrapper because the thieves took him. So Wicket tells Bean to look for him. Bean looks for Scrapper in various places in the house but can't find him. The doorbell rings and Bean answers it. It's the small thief disguised as an elderly man with Scrapper in the cage. Wicket pushes Bean out of the way and sees Scrapper in the cage. She thanks the small thief for saving Scrapper so she invites him for a cup of tea as a token of gratitude. Inside Wicket's room, she pets Scrapper while he growls at the small thief. Scrapper tries to attack the small thief and his fake mustache nearly falls off which Bean, who is bringing the tea, notices. Wicket scolds Scrapper for being aggressive to the "old man" to which she apologizes to him.
Bean hangs the frame just as the small thief shoos Scrapper. He feels suspicious with the "old man" and Scrapper bites his leg but it makes a metallic sound, attracting Wicket's attention. The small thief reveals his false leg which he says it's a long story all in the call of duty; Wicket is convinced though Bean isn't. Wicket hugs the small thief and he gives a thumbs up to the large thief who does the same. Later, the small thief returns while holding flowers and rings the doorbell; Bean answers it to the annoyance of the small thief who thought Wicket answered the door. Wicket lets the small thief in her room, disgusting Bean. At night at the restaurant, Bean is outside inside his Mini. Inside the restaurant, Wicket and the small thief are having dinner while the large thief plays the violin. The small thief proposes to Wicket to which Wicket accepts, to Bean's horror.
The next day, the doorbell rings and there are a lot of wedding items downstairs; Bean answers the doorbell and the wedding cake is delivered. In Wicket's room, Miss Wince is putting Wicket's wedding gown on her, poking her with the pin by accident. Then it's their wedding and Bean is having a hard time pulling Wicket from his Mini because of her size while the audience are impatiently waiting for them. Scrapper has ribbons on which he removes. Then he sees the two thieves spying from behind their truck so he pursues them. Bean goes after Scrapper just as Scrapper sees the small thief putting on the disguise; the large thief shoos him. Bean follows Scrapper and he sees the small thief putting on the disguise, finally discovering him as a fake. The man successfully pulls Wicket from Bean's Mini and Bean stops the wedding, while he's holding the false leg of the "old man", which is actually a metallic prosthetic leg. Wicket then discovers that the "old man" is the small thief and Scrapper rips off his disguise, finally exposing him to everyone. Bean's suspicions are correct so the two thieves make a run for it but Wicket throws the prosthetic leg, stopping them from fleeing. The police arrives and arrests the duo. The audience cheers and the heartbroken Wicket cries because the "old man" turned out to be a fake and she breaks down in tears in Bean's arms. Bean tells Wicket there are plenty more fish in the sea.
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- In the church scene when Mrs. Wicket is going to get married we can see that Mr. Bean wore the same, grey suit as seen in the episode "Wedding Day".
- This is the first episode where Mrs. Wicket cries since the episode "Dead Cat".
- This is the only episode in the revived series where The Swarthies appear.
- This is the only episode of the cartoon where Bean doesn't play a big role despite appearing as a supporting character.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JN08UoRhuKg