The Tubby Sponges are located at the Control Panel. The Teletubbies use them to clean themselves. Tinky Winky's sponge case is purplish blue, Dipsy's is green, Laa-Laa's is yellow and Po's is reddish pink. The Tubby Sponges are locked in the sponge cases. To unlock them, one of the Teletubbies must speak into a little microphone beside them asking for the Tubby Sponges. After they wait for a few seconds, the cases light up and make noises, and then the Tubby Sponges are ready to take out.
The Teletubbies also have a little song when washing, "Wash Wash Wash, Wash Wash Wash, Tubby Tubby Tubby Tubby, Wash Wash Wash". Occasionally, a Voice Trumpet will either sing the song with them or tell them which parts of the body they need to wash.
Appearances (Episodes/Videos)[]
- Numbers - 6 (Version 1)
- Emily Washing the Pony
- Washing the Car
- Flamenco Dancing
- Naughty Soap
- Hands, Feet and Dirty Knees (From Numbers - 6)
- Busy Day (From Emily Washing the Pony)
- Naughty Noo-Noo! (From Washing the Car)
- All Together Teletubbies! (From Flamenco Dancing)
- Dirty Dog (US Version)
Trivia[]
- The Tubby Sponges are not in the reboot series.
- Before the Tubby Sponges were introduced, the sponge cases had pictures of coloured hands on them instead. They can only be seen in the episode The Helicopter.
- Tinky Winky is the only of the four Teletubbies who has not spoken into the microphone for the Tubby Sponges. Laa-Laa and Po have done it twice, while Dipsy only did it once.