Elmo & Tango's Mysterious Mysteries is a five-minute animated segment introduced in season 52 of Sesame Street, alternating with the Elmo's World reboot. Thirteen segments were produced for the season.
The segments star Elmo and his puppy Tango, solving mysteries in and around the Sesame Street dog park. The segments also feature two canine characters, Ziggy and Dax, as well as appearances by other Sesame Street Muppets.
Segments[]
Season 52 | ||||
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Elmo's Missing Robot Episode 5201 |
Elmo and Tango solve the mystery of what happened to their toy robot.
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Wheely Big Mystery Episode 5202 |
Elmo and Tango solve the mystery of whom a mailed wheel is addressed to.
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Mysterious Pieces Episode 5203 |
Elmo and Tango try to arrange the pieces of a mystery present from Elmo's nana. | ||
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Missing Cricket Mystery Episode 5205 |
Elmo and Tango help out in Abby's community garden, when suddenly Abby's cricket friend Chirpy goes missing and must be found.
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Missing Magic Wand Episode 5206 |
In the dog park, Abby's wand goes missing during a game of fetch. Elmo and Tango solve the mystery by discovering their dog friend Dax accidentally buried it like a stick.
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Ziggy's Mysterious Missing Ball Episode 5209 |
Elmo loses his ball attempting to throw it for Tango and Ziggy, so they solve the mystery of where it ended up. | ||
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Lost Treasure Episode 5211 |
Elmo and Tango help pretend-pirate Grover locate Barkbeard's lost treasure, which is buried under something shaped like a triangle.
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Missing Tap Shoe Episode 5214 |
Elmo and Tango solve the mystery of who owns a shoe they found. | ||
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Who Knows What Happened to the Hose Episode 5215 |
Elmo, Abby, and Tango plant seeds in the community garden. When Elmo and Tango look away, the hose suddenly stops working.
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Windy Day Mystery Episode 5217 |
On a windy day, Elmo loses the picture he was drawing of Tango.
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Missing Straw Hat Episode 5224 |
Elmo and Tango go on a walk where they meet Farmer Grover. Grover demonstrates that his straw hat is what makes him a farmer, but a second after he places it down, it disappears. | ||
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Mysterious Muddy Bandit Episode 5226 |
Everything in the park has been covered in mud, and Elmo and Tango need to figure out why. | ||
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Missing Egg Episode 5228 |
Elmo and Tango find an egg in the middle of the park and seek its original home. | ||
Season 53 | |||
| Picture | Title / First Appearance | Description | |
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Lost Doggie Brush Episode 5303 |
Elmo is brushing Tango when he sees Grover with a collection of paintbrushes at his disposal. Grover trips and falls, dropping his paintbrushes. He picks them up and walks away, but when he leaves, Elmo's doggie brush is nowhere to be seen. | |
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Missing Something Episode 5313 |
Oscar digs through his trash to find something that's missing, so Elmo and Tango go on a hunt to find what Oscar's looking for. | |
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Missing Stinkbugs Episode 5320 |
Elmo and Tango arrive to Oscar and his four stinky stinkbug friends. By the time Oscar gets a dirtball for them to play with, the bugs have vanished. | |
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Missing Coloring Book Episode 5328 |
Elmo buys an alphabet coloring book from a store, but when he gets ready to color with Tango, he realizes there's a hole in his grocery bag and his book is gone. | |
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Missing Ziggy Episode 5329 |
Elmo gets ready to bathe Tango and Ziggy, but as Tango jumps in the bath, Ziggy disappears. | |
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Missing Shaker Episode 5331 |
Elmo and his daddy play music together as a family, when Elmo's egg shaker goes flying. He and Tango now need to solve the mystery of where it ended up. | |
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Missing Ball Episode 5333 |
On Christmas Day, Elmo gifts Tango a brand new ball. Tango starts to play with it, but it starts to bounce uncontrollably and bounces out of their sight. The two now need to solve the mystery of the missing ball. | |
Credits[]
- Head Writer: Morgan von Ancken
- Writers: Harron Atkins, Jennifer Capra, Michael J. Goldberg, Andrew Moriarty, Gabe Pulliam, Pilot Viruet, Morgan von Ancken, Miden Wood, Autumn Zitani Stefano
- Supervising Producers: Olexa Hewryk, Alia Nakashima
- Creative Producers: Kim Diaz, Rick Ritter
- Producer: Katherine McQueen
- Directors: Joanna Hepworth, Mark Taylor
- Associate Producer: Marisa Wallin
- Line Producer: Hannah Campbell-Cox
- Animation studio: A Productions