Episode 5526

	Sesame Street
	Counting Bats
Air date	July 10, 2025
Season	Season 55 (2025)
Sponsors	C, 7

Picture	Segment	Description
	COLD OPEN	Elmo introduces today's theme of counting numbers such as 1 (Stephanie D'Abruzzo), 2 (Martin P. Robinson), 3 (Peter Linz), and 4 (Pam Arciero). Those same numbers appear behind to assist him. (First: Episode 5232)
	SCENE 1	Elmo and Abby are at The Count's castle, as they are helping The Count get the batty bats ready for naptime. The Count tells them about how every day at naptime, the batty bats refuse to go to sleep as they want to play their favorite game: hide and seek in the castle. Elmo and Abby love hide and seek, and want to play. The Count reluctantly agrees, as it would tire them out. But they must hurry as it's almost naptime, and if they don't take their nap, they will get cranky. Elmo asks how many bats are playing, and The Count counts them all: there are 10 batty bats altogether. The game begins as Elmo, Abby, and The Count all close their eyes to count to 10.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Their first location is in a room with a few statues. Abby deduces that the batty bats are very good at hiding, as Elmo only sees the statues. Just then, the sound of a giggle is heard, as Abby found the sound of a statue giggling funny. But The Count points out that statues don't giggle. Elmo finds it's one of the batty bats, as there were two hiding behind each of the statues. The Count brings them to their napping perch.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	The bats are hanging on their perch, but before they can sleep, they want The Count to sing them their favorite lullaby. The Count sings them their lullaby, and after they fall asleep, The Count counts the bats. There are two batty bats altogether. That means there's still 8 more bats left to find.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	They search in another room as Elmo finds the bats are really good at hiding. Abby decides if they got to find the batty bats, they got to think like batty bats. Abby pulls out Wanda as she uses her magic to give her and Elmo batty wings and a batty squeak. They are both given bat costumes. The Count thinks this is not a "bat" idea. Both Elmo and Abby flap their bat wings as Elmo starts getting tired. Abby suggests laying down and taking a nap, but Elmo realizes that bats don't lie down. They look back at when the bats are napping on their perch, so they could be hiding somewhere upside down. The Count points out the chandelier, as there are three batty bats hanging there.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Back at the napping perch, The Count, Elmo, and Abby all sing the lullaby to ensure they're all asleep. Then, they count how many bats they found. They first found two, and now they have 5 batty bats altogether. Now, they have to find 5 more bats.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	They look in another room with statues, but no bats there this time. They hear the sound of the painting sneezing, as Abby tells the painting gesundheit. But Elmo tells her paintings don't sneeze. Abby looks up, and finds a few bats that are not part of the painting. The Count sends them to the napping perch.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	The bats are at their napping perch, as they sing the lullaby. Elmo points out they had five batty bats, and counts the rest. There is now seven batty bats altogether. Abby counts how many they have yet to find, and there is still three left.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	Elmo and Abby are looking in another room, as Elmo recalls the bats like to hide in paintings. He looks around, and finds they may be in a picture of The Count in The Countmobile. But they're not. Abby points out the bats like hanging on things. The Count begins to feel discouraged, and may not find all 10 in time for their nap. But Elmo and Abby are not giving up. Abby points out there may be a few hanging on the tapestry on the wall. The Count notices the difference between the two tapestries. Elmo points out the bats are orange in one tapestry, and in the other, the bats are black. Same color as the batty bats, as they found the last three.
	SCENE 1 cont'd	All of the batty bats are now on the napping perch all tired out. The Count, Elmo, and Abby sing the lullaby in full one more time. Afterwards, they count the bats once more to make sure they got them all. Abby points out there were seven, and counts the remaining three, which makes a total of 10. With all 10 bats found, The Count greets good night to each one of his bats.
	Muppets	I Wonder, What If, Let's Try Elmo pops up to segue to the letter of the day; the Two-Headed Monster stays behind to watch... (First: Episode 5510)
	Muppets	The Sesame Street friends dance and sing waiting to discover which letter will be the letter of the day. Today, it's C. (trimmed)
	SCENE 2	Rosita and Cookie Monster are playing a game of "Count the Cookies," but Cookie Monster thought it was "Eat the Cookies." They have a group of things on the table as they count them all. There is 10 altogether. Cookie Monster points out they're not all cookies. So this time around, Rosita separates the cookies from the oranges, and they count again. There are 6 cookies altogether, and 4 oranges altogether. Cookie Monster is about to start eating the cookies, but the sound of the Foodie Truck comes up, as Gonger is waiting for him.
	Muppets	Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck With two friends, Nima orders something green that's fit for three people. Gonger has the idea to make pesto pasta. Cookie Monster gets all the ingredients ready, including "pine nut," so Gonger asks to count the number of pine nuts and finds there's only one. Needing way more than that, the two go to the pine tree forest for some pine nuts... (First: Episode 5320)
	Muppets	Elmo sings and dances with Tango as she retrieves toys for the number of the day. Today, she brings seven. (First: Episode 5510)
	Cartoon	A boy and his dad count different objects they see. The boy counts 7 of hot air balloons, birds, and kites.
	Cartoon	Sesame Street Nature Explorers On a nature walk, Tango finds a spider's web. Elmo and Gabrielle follow her and don't see any spiders nearby, so they search around. On their hunt, they find two bugs with six legs, or insects. First, they find a stinkbug. Then, they find a cricket. They find another web, and this one has a spider--an arachnid with eight legs. (First: Episode 5415)
	SCENE 3	Elmo and Abby sign off as The Count is napping in his bed after counting the batty bats on the napping perch.