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The Wrong Thing to Do is an episode from Season 1 that originally aired on Nickelodeon on September 14, 2000.

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Plot[]

Little Bill was looking out the window bored and agitated. He is still in his cast because he broke his arm while playing Cowboys and Cowgirls with his cousin Fuchsia. He sees Andrew, Fuchsia, and Michael run past the house, and sees Bobby ride by on his bike. Brenda asks him what is wrong, and he begs her to allow him to go outside and play, but she says that he needs to rest his arm. Little Bill wants to ride his bike with Bobby, but can't with a broken arm, and asks why Bobby is allowed to ride his bike, but he can't. Brenda says that Bobby doesn't have a cast, but Little Bill does. Little Bill complains that he can't do anything with a cast. Brenda suggests that he color, but Little Bill doesn't want to do that. Brenda tells him that he has a lot of toys that he can play with upstairs, but he doesn't want to play with his toys either. He sees his friends run past and Bobby ride his bike past him. He shouts out to his friends and Bobby, but none of them answer because none of them can hear him. Little Bill was upset and asks Brenda when he can remove his cast. Brenda says that he can when his arm is healed. But Little Bill wants it to be better now so he can go outside to play with his friends. Brenda insists that until his arm is healed, he must stay inside and do quiet things. Little Bill relents and walks upstairs to find something to do. So Little Bill walked to his room feeling grumpy.

He was still in a bad mood, and sees Bobby come inside with one of his bike wheels. Bobby asks Little Bill what's wrong, and he complains that he must stay inside, and can't go out to play. Bobby feels sorry, and Little Bill wants to ride his bike with him. Bobby says that he could fall and hurt his arm again. Little Bill insists that he's a good bike rider, but Bobby says he still needs to be careful. Little Bill asks what happened to the rest of his bike. Bobby had to leave it outside because he got a flat tire. Little Bill asks if he can't ride anymore and wants to play a game with him. Bobby says that he can still ride his bike, but needs to fill it up with air right now. Little Bill wants to help Bobby pump his tire and is good at that, and uses his good arm to imitate pumping air into the tire. Bobby replies that nobody can pump air into a tire with only one arm, but Little Bill insists that he can. Bobby tells him that he needs to be careful so that he won't hurt his arm again, and assures him that his arm will soon heal, and he'll let Little Bill fill his tire with air. Little Bill still feels unhappy and walks upstairs.

Just then, Little Bill hears April playing basketball in her room. He knocks on her door, and she asks who it is. Little Bill says, "It's me!" April starts to play a joke and asks who he is. Little Bill says, "It's me!" again, and asks her to be let in. April needs a minute, and then opens the door. Little Bill asks what she's doing. April tells him that she's playing basketball with her sponge basketball. Little Bill wants to play, and she asks how he can play with only one arm. Little Bill will play with his other arm. April isn't sure, but Little Bill asks if he can play. April carefully tosses the ball to Little Bill, but with only one arm, he can't catch it properly. April tells Little Bill that this probably is a bad idea, telling him to go color in his room. She reminds him that he needs to do things that won't hurt his arm. Little Bill already knows.

Little Bill goes into his room and he says that he's going to draw a picture of him. Elephant rolls towards Little Bill and stands upright. Little Bill tells Elephant to stay still so he can draw him, but he continues to roll around in his ball. Little Bill laughs, saying that he can't draw Elephant if he moves. Elephant rolls down the hallway, and Little Bill walks after him so he won't hurt his arm, but he can't keep up with him. Little Bill looks up at April's door and notices the picture of the female basketball player, and wishes to play basketball with her. Little Bill imagines that his arm isn't broken anymore and that he's playing with the woman. He scores a perfect basket and feels so proud of himself.

He is snapped out of his imagination and realizes that he drew himself on April's door by mistake. Bobby notices and says that Little Bill is in trouble. April, unaware of whom Bobby was even talking to, notices the coloring on her door and that Little Bill is holding the crayon near the door, and was very furious with him, and shouts for Brenda, who comes upstairs and asks what's going on. April points to her door, and Brenda asks Little Bill what happened, but he just looks down at the ground, not knowing. Brenda asks who drew on April's door, but Bobby and April didn't do it. Brenda wants Little Bill to tell her what happened. He tries to blame Elephant. But Brenda asks if that's really what happened, and he told a lie. April is still angry, and Little Bill yells at her to leave him alone. Brenda sends him to his room and will talk to him in a minute. Little Bill starts to cry, walking to his room, probably upset because his arm is in a cast (as Bobby presumes to be the reason) and Bobby felt very sorry for Little Bill. He went to his room, in disgrace. Bobby asks if he should talk to him, but Brenda will handle it instead. Then, she walks to his room, leaving April and Bobby to feel sorry about Little Bill.

Brenda arrives in Little Bill's room, asking if he's alright. Little Bill is still crying, and doesn't say anything. Brenda understands that it's hard for him to wear a cast, but tells him that drawing on April's door was the wrong thing to do (especially since he knows better than to do that). She then asks him what happened. Little Bill tells her that he was mad and wanted to go outside and play, and confesses that he made a picture of himself on April's poster. He insists that he didn't mean to mess up the door. She's glad that he told her the truth, and asks if he feels better, and he does. Brenda promises that his cast will soon be removed, and then he'll be able to do his normal things, but they need to clean April's door.

Little Bill starts to wipe the drawing from April's door, and Brenda tells him about the time she broke her leg when she was a little girl, and was stuck in her house for weeks. What she did to have fun, she colored, did puzzles, played dress-up, and then played hospital, and is fixing to explain more activities, but because he perks up the word "hospital," Little Bill decides to play hospital and Brenda says so. When it finally is, Brenda is proud of him. Little Bill knocks on the door, and April starts to play the game with him again. Little Bill apologizes to her for drawing on her door, and she forgives him. He tells her that he cleaned it up, and won't ever do it again, and is being honest. Now Little Bill can play Hospital now.

Later, Little Bill has covered Brenda in bandages and put her arm in a cast. She asks him how long she has to be in her cast, and he tells her that he needs more X-rays to learn. Brenda says that Little Bill is the best doctor, and he replies that she has to have a bowl of ice cream after dinner tonight as medicine to make her feel better, following the doctor's orders. Little Bill sees Elephant, saying that he's his next patient. He rolls away in his ball, and Little Bill tells him to come back and chases after him. In bed, Little Bill started to remember what he did today. He shows us his picture of his x-ray and his cast in which elephant goes in and out. Little Bill told Elephant that he was a brave patient like Little Bill was at the hospital and told Elephant that if he feels bad about something, he should just tell Little Bill and make him better. That evening he told the viewers that he Brenda played hospital. Afterwards, Brenda asks Little Bill who he is talking to. But Little Bill laughs and the episode ends.

Notes[]

This is the second episode of Little Bill where characters mention events, dating back to the old days (the first being "The Meanest Thing to Say"); in this episode, it is stated that Brenda Glover broke her leg as a little girl. Also on the other hand, this is one of the few times in the series where adult characters are seen angry (the second time in "When Friends Get Mad"); Brenda says, "Little Bill, I want you to go to your room. I'll be there in a minute and we can talk about this."

''Starts to cry'' for Little Bill began in the first half of this episode (the third time). Later appeared in some parts of the episode.

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