Plot (UK Original Version)[]
Po listens to a Voice Trumpet talking about the color purple before catching up with Tinky Winky, Dipsy and Laa Laa to watch a group of children showcasing items that are colored purple. Meanwhile, a purple flower appears from far away in Teletubbyland, and Laa Laa takes a closer look at it. She thought that the purple flower was beautiful, but she does not like the smell of it. Just then, Dipsy came by wearing his hat. Laa Laa told Dipsy how horrible the purple flower smelled to her. Dipsy had a turn at smelling the flower, but he was so shocked at its smelly scent, that his hat blew off his head and into the air. They soon saw Tinky Winky, the purple Teletubby, coming towards them. They told him all about the purple flower and its horrible smell. Tinky Winky then has a go at smelling the flower. Laa Laa and Dipsy thought that Tinky Winky was not going to like the smell of the flower, but they were very surprised when Tinky Winky told them that its smell was very pretty and lovely. Having heard this, both Laa Laa and Dipsy started laughing and Tinky Winky laughed with them as well. The purple flower then disappears and they say "All Gone!". Then it was time for Tubby Bye-Bye.
Plot (US Original PBS Version)[]
Po listens to a Voice Trumpet talking about the color purple before catching up with Tinky Winky, Dipsy and Laa Laa to watch a group of children showcasing items that are colored purple. Meanwhile, a purple flower appears from far away in Teletubbyland, and Laa Laa takes a closer look at it. She thought that the purple flower was beautiful, but she does not like the smell of it. Just then, Dipsy came by wearing his hat. Laa Laa told Dipsy how horrible the purple flower smelled to her. Dipsy had a turn at smelling the flower, but he was so shocked at its smelly scent, that his hat blew off his head and into the air. They soon saw Tinky Winky, the purple Teletubby, coming towards them. They told him all about the purple flower and its horrible smell. Tinky Winky then has a go at smelling the flower. Laa Laa and Dipsy thought that Tinky Winky was not going to like the smell of the flower, but they were very surprised when Tinky Winky told them that its smell was very pretty and lovely. Having heard this, both Laa Laa and Dipsy started laughing and Tinky Winky laughed with them as well. The purple flower then disappears and they say "All Gone!". Afterwards, Laa Laa, Dipsy and Tinky Winky do the extended version of The Stamping and Stepping Dance with Po on the right path of the Tubbytronic Superdome (same version from the Sunday Special Version of Long Horns) before the camera cuts to the sun crescendo screaming for Tubby Bye-Bye.
Plot (US Pledge Drive Version)[]
Po listens to a Voice Trumpet talking about the color purple before catching up with Tinky Winky, Dipsy and Laa Laa to watch a group of children showcasing items that are colored purple. Meanwhile, Po spends the entire day singing a song about her favorite color: Red. Inside the Tubbytronic Superdome, Po turns all the flashing lights on the Control Panel red, while outside she puts a red touch on 3 clouds, and even all of the flowers. Po then continued singing about the color red until she runs away to join up with Laa Laa, Dipsy and Tinky Winky while the camera cutted straight to the Windmill stopping for Tubby Bye-Bye.
Plot (US Sprout Version)[]
Po listens to a Voice Trumpet talking about the color purple catching up with Tinky Winky, Dipsy and Laa Laa to watch a group of children showcasing items that are colored purple. Meanwhile, Meanwhile, a purple flower appears from far away in Teletubbyland, and Laa Laa takes a closer look at it. She thought that the purple flower was beautiful, but she does not like the smell of it. Just then, Dipsy came by wearing his hat. Laa Laa told Dipsy how horrible the purple flower smelled to her. Dipsy had a turn at smelling the flower, but he was so shocked at its smelly scent, that his hat blew off his head and into the air. They soon saw Tinky Winky, the purple Teletubby, coming towards them. They told him all about the purple flower and its horrible smell. Tinky Winky then has a go at smelling the flower. Laa Laa and Dipsy thought that Tinky Winky was not going to like the smell of the flower, but they were very surprised when Tinky Winky told them that its smell was very pretty and lovely. Having heard this, both Laa Laa and Dipsy started laughing and Tinky Winky laughed with them as well. The purple flower then disappears and they say "All Gone!". Afterwards, Laa Laa, Dipsy and Tinky Winky do the extended version of The Running Away Dance with Po across from the Tubbytronic Superdome (same version from the Sunday Special Version of Orange Picking) before the camera cuts to the sun diminuendo shrieking for Tubby Bye-Bye.
Plot (US Sprout 2.0 Version)[]
Plot (US Rerun Version)[]
Po listens to a Voice Trumpet talking about the color purple before catching up with the other Teletubbies to watch a group of children showcasing items that are colored purple. Meanwhile inside the Tubbytronic Superdome, Po makes a bowl of Tubby Custard for Dipsy to drink, but she keeps forgetting to share some of it with him. After a while later, she finally gives Dipsy his own bowl of Tubby Custard, and he is now very impressed with Po for her gift of sharing. Afterwards, Po and Dipsy catch up with Laa Laa and Tinky Winky outside to watch the Singing Puppet singing in The Magic House from the Bottom Left Window (same version from the Sunday Special Version of Yellow Cow) before the camera fades to the Magic Windmill stopping for Tubby Bye-Bye.
US Airdates[]
- The US Original PBS Version of Colours: Purple aired on November 9, 2000.
- The US Pledge Drive Version of Colours: Purple aired on 2001.
- The US Sprout Version of Colours: Purple aired on 2005.
- The US Rerun Version of Colours: Purple aired on 2007.
Trivia[]
- The US Original PBS Version of this episode has The Stamping and Stepping Dance (extended version) after the Purple Flower segment, but the UK Version of the episode does not have a dance.
- The US Sprout Version of this episode has The Running Away Dance (extended version) after the Purple Flower segment, but the UK Version of the episode does not have a dance.
- Tinky Winky was the missing Teletubby in the UK Version, the US Original PBS Version, and the US Sprout Version.
- ??? was the missing Teletubby in the US Pledge Drive Version.
- Laa-Laa was the missing Teletubby in the US Rerun Version.
- Laa Laa was the boo shouter in the UK Version, the US Pledge Drive Version, and the US Rerun Version. Dipsy was the boo shouter in the US Original PBS Version. Po was the boo shouter in the US Sprout Version.
