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Alphablocks IR meet the birthday girl, throw an amazing party for her and make her special wish come true.
Season 4
Episode 12
Air Date July 1st , 2013
Level Blue Level 5
Learning Competency Digraph IR
Writer Emma Collins
Director Jez Hall
Birthday Girl is the twelvth episode of the fourth series of Alphablocks. It is the 90th episode overall.
G, IR, and L get ready for a party, but they don't know what is party is about.
G-IR-L, GIRL!
A human girl appears. She says that she hears there's a party and asks what it's about. G, IR, and L tell her it's her party. Excitedly, the girl says she loves parties. IR whistle-calls, and B, D, and H enter. The girl says she needs more. She whistles again. T and Y appears, and A drops in.
B-IR-TH-D-AY, BIRTHDAY
It's the girl's birthday. The Alphablocks shout Happy Birthday to the girl. They prepare a party for her. The first thing is a cake. When B, D, G, H, L, and AY leave, the girl calls one Alphablock to help.
S-T-IR, STIR!
A bowl appears. The ingredients are put in and mixed up. The girl then calls two other Alphablocks.
S-QU-IR-T, SQUIRT!
They squirt the frosting on the cake, but the girl's dress is a mess.
S-K-IR-T, SKIRT!
A skirt appears. The girl says she looks pretty in this. Then when it's time to play party games, the Band comes in. W asks what they're gonna do. They play Musical Statues. D plays the drums while they dance. When the music stops...
T-W-IR-L, TWIRL!
...everyone twirls. When it's time for presents, H wonders if they've got her a present. IR light the cake candles. Everyone sings Happy Birthday to the girl. After she blows out the candles, G and L bring in a box. B, IR, and D pop out of the box.
B-IR-D, BIRD!
A bird appears. The girl rides the bird into the sky and says it's the best birthday party ever.
Girl
Birthday
Stir
Squirt
Skirt
Twirl
Bird
Band (stealth word)
Total words: 7
Song: "Happy birthday / Happy birthday, girl / You can wish / For anything in the world"
C, E, F, J, M, O, P, V, X, and Z are absent in this episode.
A, B, D, K, N, QU, S, T, U, and TH only say their sound in this episode.
Q and Y don't talk solo in this episode.
Y doesn't appear for the rest of the episode after BIRTHDAY is sound out.
This is the first time the Alphablocks do not need Plusman to make a compound.
This is the only TV appearance of digraph IR.
There was things marked the final time until Band Together came out:
This is the final episode to feature G, K, Q, and R and the Alphablocks Band.
This is the final time H appears as a single Alphablock.
This is the final time L speaks properly.
BIRD is the final word in the series sounded out with I.
The song in this episode is also used in Fair, but with different lyrics.
When the girl gets her birthday present, the Jaybird melody plays
This is the seventh time Y is a vowel, the third time he's in a digraph, and the third time he's in digraph AY.
This marks the first time in the Learningblocks franchise to feature a human. The second time was Cowboy and the third time was Letters to Santa.