The Best Birthday Ever

The Best Birthday Ever is the tenth episode of the first season of The Adventures Of True. It's True's birthday, and James, Moose, and all her new friends in Nick Jr Town plan to make it memorable.

One Saturday morning, True woke up feeling very happy, because today was a special day for her.

"Happy Birthday to me!" she said. "I'm nine years old now!"

After getting dressed, True went downstairs and saw James sitting in the armchair next to the couch looking at a book and Moose playing a game on his phone. Stocking Head was nowhere to be seen.

"Morning, Birthday Girl." James greeted warmly.

"Happy Birthday, True!" said Moose.

"Thanks, guys." smiled True. "Where's Stocking Head?"

"Oh, he had to take care of something." said James. "Anyways, since today is your birthday, I thought that today I could make some special birthday pancakes for the Birthday Girl."

"Sounds yummy!" grinned True with a lick of her lips.

Meanwhile, at Blue's house, Blue, Stocking Head, and Sprinkles were holding a club meeting.

"Alright, guys, we all know today is." said Blue.

"Actually, I kind of forgot." said Sprinkles.

"That's alright, Sprinkles, because I'm just about to remind you." said Blue. "As a lot of you probably know already know, today is True's birthday, and since it will be her first time celebrating it with us, we need to make it memorable. I trust that you all got her presents?"

Fortunately, everyone did.

"That's great." said Blue. "And maybe, to save us a little bit of money, I was thinking that instead of each of us giving her a card, we could all give her one big card and have it be from all of us."

"Gotcha covered." said Gil.

Gil held up a large 8½-by-11-inch card that said "Big Happy Birthday From All Of Us" on the front.

"Mom helped me pick it out when she and I went shopping for my present to True." said Gil.

"It's perfect." said Blue.

Blue took out a pack of Sharpie pens and everyone signed the card. Back at True's house, she, James, and Moose had just finished the pancakes.

"Those were delicious!" True said as she rubbed her tummy.

"That's good to hear." said James. "So, ready to see your first present of the day?"

"Oh, boy, am I!" True grinned.

"Well, follow me then." said James. "But first, close your eyes."

True complied, and James took True by the hand down to the garage, where he took something out of the trunk of his car.

"Can I open my eyes now?" True asked.

"Yes, you can." said James.

When True opened her eyes, she saw a pink Schwinn 24-inch Delmar Cruiser bicycle with light blue handlebars and wheel rims as well as rainbow details on the frame, front fender, and on the back of the seat.

"Wow!" said True.

"I know you've been wanting a new bike for so long." James explained. "So while you were at school yesterday, I went to the bike store downtown and bought it."

"Great!" said True. "Can I go for a ride?"

"Well, of course." said James. "But you may want to put these on first."

James held up a white bike helmet that had a rainbow-patterned band through the center and a set of Razor-brand elbow and knee pads.

"Oh. Right." agreed True.

Once True had her protective gear on, James opened the garage door and carried her bike to the sidewalk to save True the trouble of trying to ride it up the sloped driveway. Once the bike was on the sidewalk, True got on the bike. James handed her his cell phone.

"Why are you giving me your phone?" asked True.

"So I can call you to check in on you." said James. "And also to let you know when it's time for you to come home for your party."

"Makes sense." said True.

True then pedaled away happily.

"Have fun, cuz!" James called as he waved. "And be safe!"

"I will!" True called back.

Once True was out of sight, James went back inside and over to Moose.

"Phase 1 is completed." said James. "True is gone."

"Great." said Moose. "And I guess it's onto Phase 2 now?"

"Yup." said James. "It's time to collect the nessecities for the party. I'll take care of the cake and you get everything else. I hope you remember what I asked you to get."

"I do." said Moose. "I think it was rainbow-colored stuff, correct?"

"Yes." said James. "I'm off to collect the cake from Mr. Porter."

"Sounds like a plan." said Moose.

With those plans made, the two friends parted ways. While Moose went to the local party supplies store to shop for birthday decorations, James went to Porter's Cafe, a restaurant and grocery store in the downtown area. He went inside and found the eponumouys owner of the place, a man known simply as Mr. Porter, a bald pale-skinned middle-aged man with a dark brown mustache, soul patch, and eyebrows, dark brown eyes, and clothed in a light blue shirt, jeans, brown shoes, and a green apron, waiting for him.

"Hello, James." said Mr. Porter. "I assume you're here for the cake?"

"Yup." said James. "Is it ready?"

"Oh, yes, it is." replied Mr. Porter. "As a matter of fact, I just got done packaging it."

"Perfect." said James.

Mr. Porter then got out a 9-by-13-inch cake box and opened it up. Inside was a cake the same size as the box. The cake was a white cake coated with vanilla whipped cream icing and two rosette borders, both in a rainbow pattern going like this; starting with red, then orange, then yellow, then green, then blue, then indigo, and finishing with purple. The top of the cake had "Happy 9th Birthday True!" written on top with pink icing.

"Wow." said James. "That is beautiful. Much better than I first anticipated. How much do I owe you?"

"No charge at all." smiled Mr. Porter. "As today is a special day, it's on the house."

"Oh, okay." said James.

After bidding goodbye to Mr. Porter, James took the cake out to his car and set it on the shotgun seat. Afterwards, he drove away. Elsewhere, True was enjoying riding her new bike on the bike trail in the park. The wind was blowing in her face as she pedaled down the trail.

"This is so much fun!" she grinned. "I'm so glad James got me this new bike!"

But she soon felt her legs and feet starting to get sore.

"I think I should stop for a bit and have a rest." she said.

Luckily for her, True happened to be near the fountain, so she got off her bike and walked it the rest of the way there. Once she arrived, she leaned the bike against the fountain, took off her helmet and her pads, which she placed in the helmet, which she then hung from the handlebars by the strap. Then, she took off her boots, then her socks, then she rolled up her leggings until they were just above her knees, sat down on the edge of the fountain, and soaked here bare feet in it.

"Now that's more like it." she sighed with relief.

She then wiggled her toes under the cool refreshing water, and giggled as she did. Back at home, James put the cake in the refrigerator just as Moose entered the house.

"I got everything you asked me to get." he said. "Balloons, streamers, banner, and a 9 candle for the cake. It's even in a rainbow pattern to match. I also got a helium tank to help blow the balloons up and a special tool to help tie them, as well as some snack trays, burgers, hot dogs, buns, chips, paper napkins, plastic utensils, and paper plates. In addition, I also got two buckets of ice cream, one vanilla and one chocolate, as well as a bottle of Hawaiian Punch and some plastic cups. By the way, they didn't have any indigo balloons."

"That's okay." said James. "I mean, indigo is kind of like blue, but darker."

"Quite right." said Moose.

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

"That can't be True's friends already." James said. "We haven't even started decorating yet!"

But much to their relief, when James answered the door, he found it was Steve, Joe, and Josh.

"Hey, you three." greeted James. "Thanks for agreeing to come over to help get the party set up."

"No problem." said Steve.

"Yeah, anytime." added Joe.

"By the way, we also brought our present to True over while we were at it." put in Josh.

"Perfect." said James. "Alright, gentlemen, commence Phase 3!"

With that, the fivesome got to work decorating the backyard for the party. While James and Moose blew up the balloons, Steve and Joe hung up the banner, and Josh hung up the streamers. Soon, they were finished.

"Last balloon's up!" said Moose as he finished putting up the last balloon.

"And just in time, too." said Steve. "Here come the guests!"

Just as Steve had pointed out, Blue, Sprinkles, Stocking Head, Franklin, Sunny, Timmy, Molly, Gil, Goby, Deema, Oona, Nonny, and Zooli were just arriving, each of them carrying a present for True.

"Glad you all could make it." said James. "Now we just need the Birthday Girl herself. Moose, can I borrow your phone?"

"Sure." said Moose.

Meanwhile, True was still relaxing at the fountain when she heard James' phone go off. When she picked it up, she saw Moose's name on the Caller ID, but she knew it was really James calling her, since he had told her about it earlier.

"Hello?" she said as she hit the "Answer" button.

"Hey, True, it's me." said James. "Where are you right now?"

"I'm at the park having a rest by the fountain." his younger cousin replied.

"Alright." said James. "Well, it's time for you to come home. We're waiting for you."

"Okie-dokie." said True. "I'm on my way!"

With that, True hung up and, after drying off her feet with a towel borrowed from the park's swimming pool, rolling her leggings back down, and putting her socks and boots back on, she put her helmet and pads back on and rode home. When she arrived, she put her bike in the garage then went outside to the backyard.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TRUE!" everyone cried joyously when True entered the backyard.

True felt very happy.

"Thanks, everyone!" she said.

"Alright, what do you want to do first, True?" asked James. "The burgers and hot dogs won't be ready for a while, but there's plenty of other food to eat. Or would you rather wait until the burgers and dogs are ready to eat and do presents first?"

"Let's do presents first and eat afterwards." said True.

"Good choice." said James.

True then looked over at the table where all her presents were.

"Now, which present shall I open first?" she asked.

"How about you open mine first?" suggested Blue.

"Alright, I will." said True.

With that, True opened up Blue's present, which were four vinyl records of some of her favorite bands and musical artists, specifically Bobby Sherman, Shaun Cassidy, The Osmonds, and the Bay City Rollers.

"Gee, thanks, Blue!" she grinned. "These will be a lot of fun to listen, dance, and sing along to!"

"It's alright." said Blue.

After Blue's present, True opened the present from Sprinkles, which was a Victrola 3-Speed Suitcase Record Player in a tie-dye rainbow pattern to go along with the records.

"This looks nice." True said. "Thanks, Sprinkles."

Sprinkles winked, and True opened the present from Stocking Head next. Stocking Head's present was similar to Blue's, as he had bought Blue some vinyl records as well, but in Stocking Head's case, his were for The Beatles, The Monkees, The Beach Boys, and Charley Pride.

"Cool." said True. "While I've heard of The Beatles, The Monkees, and The Beach Boys before, I don't think I've ever heard Charley Pride before."

"Moose got me into him." explained Stocking Head. "So I thought it would be appropriate for me to give you a record of him so you can listen to him as well."

"Nice." said True.

True continued to open all of her presents from her friends. Just as she finished opening Zooli's present, a storage case for her records that matched the player, Steve announced that the burgers and hot dogs were ready, and everyone lined up to get their food. After everyone ate, they played Pin The Tail On The Donkey, then had an egg-and-spoon race, and then a potato sack race. After these games, James brought out the cake, and Moose put the 9 candle in the cake after it was set on the table. After Joe lit the candle, everyone sang "Happy Birthday To You" to True, and then began eating the cake after James cut it up. While True, James, Blue, Sprinkles, Molly, Gil, Oona, and Nonny had vanilla ice cream with their pieces of cake, everyone else had chocolate ice cream with theirs.

"Thank you guys so much!" True said happily as she ate her cake. "This was probably the best birthday ever!"

"I'm glad you enjoyed it." said James.

Later on, it was time for True's friends to go home, and True, James, Moose, and Stocking Head spent the rest of the evening watching a Muppet Show marathon on Netflix.

"Today was a fantastic birthday." said True. "The cake was delicious and all my presents were awesome!"

"I'm glad you had fun, True." smiled James.

"So are we." said Moose and Stocking Head together.

And that night, as True fell asleep, she felt very happy to have had such a wonderful birthday with her new friends.

The End


 * As of this episode, True is now 9 years old.
 * Despite the episode taking place on a Saturday, July 20th was on a Monday in real life this year.
 * True's presents from Moose, Stocking Head, Steve, Joe, Josh, Blue, Sunny, Timmy, Molly, Gil, Goby, Deema, Oona, Nonny, and Zooli are showcased in the gallery below.