Mouse Party

Bear in the Big Blue House"Mouse Party"
Season 1
Number 3
Episode information
Production code	103
Written by	P. Kevin Strader
Directed by	Hugh Martin
Original airdate	October 22, 1997
Bear in the Big Blue House Episodes
Previous	"Water, Water Everywhere"
Next	"Shape of a Bear"

"Mouse Party" is the third episode of Bear in the Big Blue House, written by P. Kevin Strader and directed by Hugh Martin. It aired on October 22, 1997.

Summary

Today is Tutter's birthday, and the friends in the Big Blue House decide to throw him a special surprise birthday party. Pip and Pop are placed in charge of the decorations, but run into trouble with the balloons. All the noise attracts Tutter, but Bear manages to head him off with our help. Tutter learns that having a birthday means becoming 1 year older. He speculates on all the great things he'll be able to do while he's older. Ojo works on the cake and Treelo wraps Tutter's present. Treelo, though, gets so excited about the birthday that at first, he wants to keep the present for himself.

After singing the Goodbye Song with Luna, Bear almost forgot as he tells the viewer if today's his/her birthday, he, Tutter, Pip, Pop, Treelo and Ojo surprised the viewer with birthday party decorations, balloons and noisemakers and shouted "Surprise!", wishing the viewer a happy birthday before ending the episode.

Trivia

• The title of this episode is a play on the film House Party.

Songs

• When I'm Older
• Happy, Happy Birthday

Notes

• A big deal is made about Tutter's present in this episode, but viewers never find out what it is.
• Luna is so old that she doesn't remember when her birthday is.
• This is the first episode where there is no Shadow segment. The time normally spent on her story is taken up by Tutter's birthday party.
• This is the first episode where somebody turns the living room light off, except Bear, Ojo, Tutter and Treelo.
• This is the first of only two episodes where Bear turns the living room light back on. The other being "The Big Sleep".
• This is the first time Tutter, Treelo, Pip, Pop and Ojo appear in the attic.
• The plot of this episode was the basis for the stage show Bear in the Big Blue House Live: Surprise Party.
• The "Happy, Happy Birthday" song is listed as simply "The Birthday Song" in the closing credits. Additionally, the closing credits run longer than usual.
• When this episode was first aired on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom as part of their Milkshake! block, the "UK version produced by Disney Channel" logo is shown after the closing credits and just before the Shadow Projects and Jim Henson Television logos.
• The cheeses used in the blended birthday cheesecake are limburger, cheddar, monterey jack, and gorgonzola.

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Media Bear in the Big Blue House (videography) • Breakfast with Bear Soundtracks: Songs from Jim Henson's Bear in the Big Blue House • More Songs from Jim Henson's Bear in the Big Blue House • Bear's Holiday Celebration • Bear in the Big Blue House: Greatest Hits Disney Parks Bear in the Big Blue House: Live on Stage • Playhouse Disney - Live on Stage! • Disney Stars and Motorcars Parade Characters Bear • Ojo • Treelo • Pip and Pop • Tutter • Shadow • Luna • Ray the Sun • Annette • Big Old Bullfrog • Billy • Bonnie • Christine • Doc Hogg • Doc Owl • Earl • Ferret Jeeter • Grandma Flutter • Grandpa Highland McTutter • Harry the Duck • Jack the Dog • Jacques the Beaver • Jeremiah Tortoise • Jet Setter Tutter • Jim Mouse • Klutter Tutter • The Klutter Tutters • Uncle Koala • Lily • Lois • Luke • Mama Duck • Miss Maxwell • Moss • Mousey the Great • Otto and Etta Otter • Puck • Rita Mouse • Skippy • Snook • Tardy • Tucker Tutter • Nutter Tutter • Tutterly T. Tutter • Twizzler Tutter • Uncle Tito del Tutter • Ursa • Ms. Henrietta Vanderpeen • Whiner Tutter Episodes Season One: "Home is Where the Bear Is" • "Water, Water Everywhere" • "Mouse Party" • "Shape of a Bear" • "Picture of Health" • "Share, Bear" • "Why Bears Can't Fly" • "Falling for Fall" • "What's in the Mail, Today?" • "Dancin' the Day Away" • "A Wagon of a Different Color" • "Dirt, I Love You So!" • "Music to My Ears" • "All Connected" • "Summer Cooler" • "The Big Little Visitor" • "A Winter's Nap" • "Working Like a Bear" • "Magic in the Kitchen" • "Spring Fever" • "A Plant Grows in Bear's House" • "Eat, Drink Juice and Be Merry" • "Need a Little Help Today" • "Lost Thing" • "Listen Up!" • "Friends for Life" Season Two: "Ooh Baby, Baby" • "Raiders of the Lost Cheese" • "The Big Sleep" • "Clear as a Bell" • "Good Times" • "You Learn Something New Every Day" • "Back to Nature" • "The Ojolympics" • "The Great Pretender" • "It's All in Your Head" • "Oops, My Mistake" • "Bear's Birthday Bash" • "Picture This" • "The Big Blue Housecall" • "Change is in the Air" • "Look What I Made" • "If At First You Don't Succeed..." • "All Weather Bear" • "I Built That!" • "Tutter's Tiny Trip" • "Dance Fever!" • "Afraid Not" • "I Gotta Be Me!" • "Buggin'" • "Love is All You Need" • "It's a Mystery to Me" • "As Different as Day and Night" • "Grandparents Just Want to Have Fun" • "The Way I Feel Today" • "You Go, Ojo!" • "Scientific Bear" • "Boys Will Be Boys" • "I Was Just Thinking" • "Wish You Were Here" • "And to All a Good Night" • "Call it a Day" • "We Did it Our Way" • "What's the Story?" • "When You've Got to Go!" Season Three: "Friends at Play" • "Nothing to Fear" • "Lost and Found" • "The Senseless Detectives" • "Halloween Bear" • "You Never Know" • "It's All About You" • "Woodland House Wonderful" • "I've Got Your Number" • "What's Mine is Yours" • "Bear's Secret Cave" • "Smellorama" • "I For-Got Rhythm?!?" • "Wait for Me" • "Morning Glory" • "That Healing Feeling" • "The Tutter Family Reunion" • "Bats are People Too" • "Words, Words, Words" • "Let's Get Interactive" • "The Yard Sale" • "The Best Thanksgiving Ever" • "Read My Book" • "Go to Sleep" • "A Berry Bear Christmas" Season Four: "Welcome to Woodland Valley" • "Step by Step" • "First Day at Mouse School" • "Rockin' Rocko" • "When Harry Met Hallie" • "Show and Tell" • "Tutter Gathers Some Moss" • "History, Herstory, Bearstory" • "At the Old Bear Game" • "The Amazing Skippy" • "Let's Hit the Road" • "Great Ball of Firefighters" • "Appreciation Day" • "Show Your Stuff" • "Grandma Flutter's 100th Birthday" • "The View from You" • "To Clean or Not to Clean" • "The Great Bandini" • "Volunteers of Woodland Valley" • "Big Blue Home of the Brave" • "A Trip to the General Store" • "Tutter's First Big Sleepover Bash" • "A Strange Bird" • "Let it Go" • "This is Your Life, Bear" Locations The Big Blue House • Doc Hogg's Office • Mouse School • Otter Pond • Sequoia City • Woodland Valley • Woodland Valley Library Songs Welcome to the Blue House • Goodbye Song • What’s in the Mail Today? • Brush Brush Bree • Clean Up the House