The Furchester Hotel

Mr. Director and his assistant Carol are visiting the Furchester Hotel to shoot a video to promote the establishment. During the filming, the Furchesters solve some problems along the way like the living arrangements for a penguin named Mrs. Iceberger and a lion named Mr. Mainbrie.

Note #1: This is the first episode of The Furchester Hotel.

Note #2: Cookie Monster and Elmo have previously been in other shows.

Note #3: Mr. Mainbrie is a recycled version of Chicago the Lion from Sesame Street.

When the Furchester Hotel runs out of cookies, Cookie Monster is freaking out and a new guest named Mr. Crumb (who is a cookie) arrives. Can the Furchesters stop Cookie Monster from eating Mr. Crumb?

Note: This episode premiered as part of the New Shows month on CBeebies.

Funella welcomes the incoming guests with furry arms....until one guest named Pierce the Porcupine arrives.

Note: It is confirmed in this episode that every time a guest arrives, they are always welcomed with "Furry Arms" (a reference to the Furry Arms Hotel from the "Around the Corner" expansion of Sesame Street).

When the telephone line breaks at The Furchester Hotel, the Furchesters have no way to communicate. Then, Professor Fleece (a black sheep guest for the yodeling convention) tells them to Yodel it. In the end, the telephones weren't working because the phone was not plugged in as pointed out by Harvey P. Dull. When the phones are plugged in, they are back in business. Then they miss yodeling and yodel over the telephone.

Note: Every Yodel in the episode has the word yodel somewhere in it.

Phoebe and Elmo need all their creative skills when looking after five excitable chickens while the tour guide dog Griff gets the tour bus out of the garage. Though the chicken Mrs. Featherbottom strays from the group causing Elmo and Phoebe to find her while keeping the chickens together before Griff gets back.

Funella hires a group of singing vegetables called the Veggietones to make the guests happy, but they cause chaos like waking up Harvey P Dull, walking in on an alligator named Ms. Gator while she is bathing, and preventing the Tea Time Monsters from having Monster Tea Time. Now the Furchesters need a creative solution to keep them from annoying the guests.

While Cookie Monster is outside waiting for a delivery of cookies bound to the dining room, Elmo must deliver a tray of toast to Harvey P. Dull. Along the way, Elmo must dodge the horses, hotel trolleys, bumps in the rug, and the Tea Time Monsters.

While awaiting a visit from the Dinger who is her cousin, Isabel suffers from the Ding-Ups (a bell-monster's version of a hiccups) and the Furchesters need to stop them so she can welcome all the guests with a friendly ding.

The Furchester Hotel is holding a special "Mystery Weekend" which is complete with famous detectives. Some of the known detectives include detective duo Ms. Marbles and Penguin Mason (a penguin detective) as well as a raccoon named Inspector Raccoon-seau. Phoebe and Elmo try to answer the question of who is taking everybody's shiny objects.

Note: Sherlock Hemlock makes a brief cameo in the background during the episode.

It is a catastrophe when Phoebe loses her voice due to Monster Mumblitis as she is the only Furchester who can talk to the animal guests. Now the other Furchesters must find a way to understand the animal languages until Phoebe gets her voice back.

Elmo and Phoebe are so determined to meet an owl named Mr. Screech that they try to stay awake by balancing, hugging, sitting on uncomfortable chairs, and eating cookies.

Note: Mr. Screech is a recycled version of Athena the Owl from Panwapa.

Due to the fact that none of the hotel rooms have televisions in them, Phoebe and Elmo create Furchester TV when a duck couple named Mr. and Mrs. Quackmore check in and say they cannot miss their favorite shows.

Note: Mr. Quackmore is a recycled version of the duck puppet that was used for Alfred Duck in Season 33 and Season 34 of Sesame Street, Duffy in Episode 3095, and Duck Clark in Episode 4089.

Phoebe and Elmo help two penguins named the Ice Flippers learn how to bobsleigh during the Birds on Ice Games, but their sled needs mending after a collision on the track with the Tea Time Monsters.

A cow sculptor named Henry Moo-re (who is a spoof of Henry Moore) is staying at the Furchester and has created a sculpture that is an abstract likeness of Funella as she wishes to keep it in the lobby for all to see. Henry Mo-re does not want anyone to touch the statue since it is fragile. Keeping the sculpture of Funella safe proves to be a difficult task when Cookie Monster, a giant squid named Mrs. Inkwell, and the Tea Time Monsters are in the hotel.

The Furchester family members must think like a caterpillar while searching the hotel when they think they have lost a guest named Mr. Squigglebottom at the time when another caterpillar named Ms. Scuttles comes to visit him. Note sound is bad in uk

Funella overhears husband and wife tortoise guests Sheldon and Shelly say that the hotel service is slow, so she becomes determined to make it fast with the plan involving everyone wearing roller skates.

On Monster Monster Day (a holiday that is part of the Christmas season), the Furchester Family decorate the Furchester Hotel as part of the season as Elmo looks forward to Monster Monster visiting as the story of Monster Monster states that he pays a visit to one hotel. When it appears that Monster Monster is a no show, Harvey P. Dull gets into the Monster Monster Day spirit by dressing up as Monster Monster to make Elmo happy until the real Monster Monster shows up.

Note #1: A special version of the theme song is made to show it snowing outside as part of the episode's theme.

Note #2: The YouTube release features an added cold open with the Furchester family and Elmo wishing everyone a merry Christmas.

A woodpecker named Elwood checks into the hotel and is put into the Oak Room (a popular room for bird guests) where he ends up pecking holes causing the Furchesters to find other things for Elwood to peck. At the same time, the Furchesters are looking forward for their musical guests the Ding-a-Lings consisting of glockenspiel player Mr. Ding and violinist Ms. Ling where Mr. Ding's glockenspiel has arrived while Mr. Ding has not yet arrived. Both situations are solved with Elwood pecking the glockenspiel.

On a windy day, the rock superhero Super Rock arrives to help out the Furchester Hotel. Elmo becomes his assistant to help him out with various situations. When Super Rock's cape is accidentally ripped by the Tea Time Monsters and loses his abilities, Elmo and Phoebe must find a way to have Super Rock be super again.

A bear named Mr. Huggles falls asleep in the lobby at the Furchester during his hibernation season. With no-one able to wake him, the staff struggle to find a way to get him upstairs to the Hibernation Suite.

NOTE: Mr. Huggles is a recycled version of the bear puppet used for Flo Bear and Mama Bear from Sesame Street.

It is ballroom dance weekend, but the floor is so shiny that the dancers slip over. The Furchesters needs to find a way to keep the dancers' feet on the floor.

Cousin Bebe comes to stay, but Phoebe is jealous when she seems better at talking to the animals, helping out in the dining room, and stopping the Tea Time Monsters from running over the guests. Phoebe eventually comes to Bebe and Elmo's aid when Mr. Wolf is placed in the chicken suite by mistake since Bebe doesn't speak wolf language.

Note: Mr. Wolf is a recycled version of the purple Big Bad Wolf puppet from Sesame Street.

The monsters must find the perfect spot for a fussy potted plant named Mr. Evergroan who complains about everything including the noise, the smell of cookies, the curtains, and the elevator.

While Funella and Furgus are away at Monster Bowling Night, Elmo learns that Phoebe's necklace contains a special key on it which opens every door in the Furchester Hotel. When Phoebe loses it following a mix-up caused by the Tea Time Monster knocking off Mrs. Jangles' jewelry, Elmo must help Phoebe find it so that she can get Harvey P. Dull back into his hotel room before his bathtub overflows, get Mrs. Jangles' bracelet out of the safe following her swim in the hotel's swimming pool, and open Cookie Monster's "Just In Case Cookie Cabinet" to get to the cookie inside.

Note: This episode was posted on Sesame Street's YouTube Page a day before it aired on CBeebies.

A goat named Mr. Lawnmower checks into the Furchester Hotel and starts eating stuff that isn't food starting with the furniture. Meanwhile, Furgus tries to get rid of a vine that keeps growing following his trimming of Mrs. Fernbottom.

When a tired pony named Mr. Carrot comes to the Furchester Hotel to take a rest when all the guests want to take a ride, the Furchester family works to come up with ways so that Mr. Carrot's rest can't be disturbed.