NEW YORK, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Come trick or treat at NOGGIN with your favorite preschool characters! NOGGIN, the commercial-free, educational preschool network from Nickelodeon, will premiere a spooky new episode of the original animated series Pinky Dinky Doo, as part of the network's annual Halloween marathon on Tuesday, October 31 from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (ET).
The new Pinky Dinky Doo episode entitled "Tyler Dinky Doo's Big Boo," will premiere at 3:00 p.m. (ET) on October 31. In "Tyler Dinky Doo's Big Boo," Tyler wants to be a scary trick-or-treater in Great Big Spooky City, but all of the spooky monsters and mummies think he's too cute to be scary. Pinky, in the role of the mad scientist, suggests that they turn Tyler's cute costume into something terrifying. With a few tweaks in her laboratory, Tyler ends up with a very scary costume and even wins the 'scariest costume' prize.
The following is NOGGIN's Halloween marathon schedule on Tuesday, October 31 (All times are ET):
Miffy and Friends "Miffy's at a Costume Party" -- 6:30 a.m. ET
Auntie Alice holds a costume party for all her friends. Poppy Pig, Boris and Barbara Bear, Snuffy and Miffy all disguise themselves as each other. They spend the whole afternoon playing, guessing and eating ice cream and cake. When the party is over, Auntie Alice even gives them all a brightly colored balloon.
Dora the Explorer "Boo" -- 8 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. ET
It's Halloween, and Dora and Boots are out trick-or-treating when a cute little monster surprises them. Dora and Boots help the little monster hurry home before the arrow on the big clock strikes 12. It's a spooky journey as we find pumpkins that match to get out of the pumpkin patch, and take a ride on a broomstick through the good witch's forest. We reach the monster house as the clock strikes 12 -- just in time for a Halloween party!
Oobi "Halloween" -- 8:30 a.m. ET
Oobi and Uma go trick or treating. It is Uma's first Halloween, and after Oobi teaches her all of the rituals, Uma takes Kako under her wing and helps him overcome his fear of Halloween.
Little Bear "Goblin Night" -- 9 a.m. ET
It's Goblin Night and Little Bear and his friends are dressed up in their scariest costumes. On their way to the big bonfire they practice scaring each other and do a very good job!
Miss Spider "A Scary Scaly Tale/A Bug-A Boo Day Play" - 10 a.m. ET
A snake has been spotted in Sunny Patch and Miss Spider tells her gang to play close to home. The kids discover a discarded snake skin and, carrying it like a Chinese dragon, go around scaring other bugs. They think it's all great fun until Miss Spider catches them. When the real snake shows up, it's up to mom to save the day. Using the skin, she and the kids pretend they are snakes. Miss Spider talks to the real serpent who turns out to be polite, but the scare made the kids realize it's not nice to frighten others.
Max & Ruby "Max's Halloween" -- 10:30 a.m. ET
Ruby wants Max to be a little prince for Halloween but Max wants to be a vampire. Ruby, dressed up as Cinderella, thinks Max will scare grandma when they go trick-or-treating to her house. But it's Ruby who gets the fright when grandma answers the door.
Maggie & the Ferocious Beast "Trick or Treat" -- 11:30 a.m. ET
Maggie, Hamilton, Beast and Rudy dress up and go trick or treating.
Jack's Big Music Show "The Monster Boogie" -- 1 p.m. ET
Henry is an adorable little monster that doesn't know how to be frightening. His roars and growls are actually quite cute, but Henry's one wish is to be in the scary monster family album. Henry's whole family is scary -- even his baby sister CoCo! Jack, Mary and Mel think scary music can help Henry find his inner scary self. In the end, Henry becomes a super duper scary monster!
Blues Clues "Blues Big Costume Party" -- 2 p.m. ET
It's the day of Blue's costume party and lots of silly spooky things are happening! Magenta doesn't have a costume, so we play Blue's Clues to help her figure out what to wear. All day long our friends visit in their costumes and we use our observation skills to figure out who they are. We count beanbags to help Blue and Magenta determine who won their game of monster toss and skidoo into a picture of a haunted house, where we help Boo observe, think and test ideas so we can find Oogullah Buggla.
Pinky Dinky Doo "Tyler Dinky Doo's Big Boo" - 3 p.m. ET
(*EPISODE PREMIERE)
Tyler doesn't want to wear his Halloween costume because he doesn't think it's scary enough. Tyler wants to be a scary trick-or-treater in Great Big Spooky City, but all of the spooky monsters and mummies think he's too cute to be scary. Pinky, in the role of the mad scientist, suggests that they turn Tyler's cute costume into something terrifying. With a few tweaks in her laboratory, Tyler ends up with a very scary costume and even wins the 'scariest costume' prize.
Franklin "Franklin's Halloween" - 5 p.m. ET
Franklin and his friends create costumes for the big party that will end with a walk through Mr. Mole's 'Haunted House' -- alone! Everyone knows Franklin's best friend Bear is the bravest of them all but the big question is who's going to be the 'scaredy-cat?' Franklin has a secret fear that it will be him.
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