Dancey Dance is a recurring sketch on Yo Gabba Gabba!. In it, Plex would beam in one, two, or three celebrity guests who would teach the Gabba Gang a new dance and invites the viewers to dance along with them.
At the start, Plex runs in with his alarm going off, alerting the rest of the Gabba Gang that it's time for a Dancey Dance. Plex will then beam in a random celebrity guest, who introduces themselves (and usually the Gabba Gang says hi to them), who introduces the name of their dance. First, the celebrity would do one move at a time with the Gabba Gang repeating. Once all the moves were taught, they go through the whole routine once slowly, then they do it again several times with music, at fast speed. After a few repetitions, usually three in the Mini Spinney and Electric Eel, four in other dancey dances, and six in the Peanut Butter Stomp and Puppetmaster, the celebrity and gang "go crazy" and dance however they like. The segment ends with the celebrity saying or waving goodbye and Plex beams them away, making him and the gang cheer or say goodbye back.
Pilots[]
- Short Story - Julius The Monkey teaches the Peanut Butter Stomp (Toodee Land)
- Play - Ashley First teaches the Twirly Whirly (Muno Land)
Season 1[]
- Eat - Elijah Wood teaches the Puppetmaster (Brobee Land)
- Dance - Héctor Jiménez teaches the Jumping Jellyfish (Muno Land)
- Friends - Mya teaches the Peanut Butter Stomp, like Julius (Foofa Land)
- Scary - Leslie Hall teaches Razzle Dazzle, featuring DJ Dr. Laura and the Junior Gems (Foofa Land)
- Move - The Gabba gang teaches Tony Hawk how to ride a skateboard (Brobee Land to Foofa Land)
- Find - Sean Kingston teaches the Mini Spinney (Brobee Land)
- Car - Sugarland: Jennifer and Kristian teach the Electric Eel (Toodee Land)
- Together - Nikki Flores teaches the Twirly Whirly, like Ashley First (Brobee Land)
- Train - Laila Ali teaches the Dog (Toodee Land)
- Christmas - The Snow Princess teaches the Snowy Jingle (Toodee Land)
Season 2[]
- Birthday - Melora Hardin teaches the Birthday Party Dancey Dance without Brobee and decides not just to leave but to attend his party as a special treat (Muno Land)
- Talent - Amar'e Stoudemire teaches the Amar'e Dribble (Muno Land)
- Clean - Rachel Dratch teaches the Groovy Cat (Toodee Land)
- New Friends - Jack Black teaches the Disco Roll (Brobee Land)
- Art - Andy Samberg teaches the Alligator Chomp (Brobee Land)
Season 3[]
- Circus - Sarah Silverman teaches the Mime (Muno Land)
- Flying - The Geeks: Martin, Samm, and John teach the Flying Dancey Dance (Foofa Land)
- Clubhouse - Erykah Badu teaches the song called "When I Feel Down" (Foofa Land)
- Pets - Rob Dyrdek teaches the Roly Poly, featuring Meaty and Beefy (Brobee Land)
Season 4[]
- Olympics - Bill Hader teaches the Rainbow Drop (Muno Land)
- Farm - Josh Holloway teaches The Super Sizzlin' Hoedown Party Dance (Foofa Land)
- Dinosaur - Patton Oswalt teaches the Caveman Kaboom without Plex & Foofa (Dinosaur Land)
- Day Camp - Todd Oldham learns the steps on how to make crafts instead (Brobee Land)
Live shows/Specials[]
- Yo Gabba Gabba! LIVE! There's A Party In My City! - The Peanut Butter Stomp, the same way as Mya (taught by Leslie Hall and her assistant, Do It)
- Yo Gabba Gabba! LIVE! It's Time to Dance! - The Disco Roll
- Yo Gabba Gabba! LIVE! Music is Awesome! - The Razzle Dazzle
Yo Gabba GabbaLand[]
- Land - The Wishing Tree and Baby Wee-Woo teach The Branch Dance (Brobee Land)
- Make - Kammy Kam teaches Make It Up (Foofa Land)
- Little - Paulie teaches Get Big, Get Small (Brobee Land)
- Air - Muno teaches The Tumbleweed (Muno Land)
- Water - Muno teaches The Motion Of The Ocean (The Beach)
- Me - The No-Nee teaches The Hug Yourself Dance (Toodee Land)
- Outside - Plex teaches Exercise Outside (Center of GabbaLand)
- Silly - Foofa teaches Wiggle While You Work It (Foofa Land)
- Grow - Leslie Hall teaches The Strut (Brobee Land)
- Wonder - Toodee teaches The Brobee-o Rodeo (Brobee Land)
Usual phrases[]
Before beaming in the guest[]
- Plex: Whoaaaa... HEYYYY EVERYBODY! It's Dancey Dance time!
- Plex: Now, let's see who our Dancey Dance friend is today!
- Celebrity: I'm/My name is (name).
- Gabba Gang: Hi, (Celebrity's name)!
After the Dancey Dance[]
- Celebrity: (ad-libbed) Great job, everyone! Thanks for having me. Now I have to go. Bye!
- Gabba Gang: Bye! (Plex beams the guest away, followed by an ad-libbed conversation)
Craft Time Instead[]
- Plex: HEYYYY EVERYBODY! It's craft time!
- Plex: I wonder who our craft friend is today!
Trivia[]
- Melora Hardin is the only Dancey Dance friend not to dance with Brobee.
- Patton Oswalt is the only Dancey Dance friend not to dance with Foofa and Plex.
- Tony Hawk, Jack Black, Erykah Badu, Josh Holloway, and the couple of Yo Gabba Gabba Live, Leslie Hall, and Do It are the only Dancey Dance friends not to tell everyone to go crazy.
- In Yo Gabba Gabba!, there is a Dancey Dance on some episodes. In Yo Gabba GabbaLand!, there is a Dancey Dance in every episode.
- Also in the latter, "Let's Go Crazy!" is replaced with "Let's Get Silly!".
- Melora Hardin, Jack Black, Rachel Dratch, and Josh Holloway are the only Dancey Dance guests who don't get beamed out after the Dancey Dance ends because the former stays for the party, the other wants to get home by motorcycle, the latter runs away before Plex could beam her out, and the other wants to get home by small tractor.
- Todd Oldham does the same, except he says, "Let's see how they look." for Craft Time instead.
- The Dancey Dances taught to the gang by Leslie Hall are Razzle Dazzle, only with DJ Laura and the Junior Gems helping her and the Peanut Butter Stomp, only with Do It.
- In Season 1, Plex's antenna would flash along with his alarm when he announces the start of the segment. From Season 2 and onward, he just has his alarm sound.
- Plex's announcement at the beginning is pre-recorded from Season 1 and uses the same every episode.
- The announcement is re-recorded in Season 3 and used from then on.
- New Friends is the only episode Plex does not say "Now, let's see who our Dancey Dance friend is today!" due to the guest (Jack Black) already present.
- The teachers of the Peanut Butter Stomp are Mya in Friends and Leslie Hall and her assistant Do It, the couple in Yo Gabba Gabba! LIVE! There's A Party In My City!.
- The female teachers of the Peanut Butter Stomp are Mya and Leslie Hall and the only male teacher of that is Do It, Leslie Hall's assistant.
- The Snowy Jingle is the only Dancey Dance not to be taught by a claymation instead of the celebrity guest.
- In New Friends and Yo Gabba Gabba! LIVE! There's A Party In My City!, the only character to tell everyone to go crazy is Plex.
- The Peanut Butter Stomp is done 4 times by Mya and 6 times by Leslie Hall and her assistant, Do It.
- The Dancey Dance friends to teach the gang the dancey dance 6 times are Elijah Wood and the couple of Yo Gabba Gabba LIVE!, Leslie Hall and her assistant, Do It.
- The episodes where 6 times of the Dancey Dance happen are Eat and the special, Yo Gabba Gabba! LIVE! There's A Party In My City!.
- In Craft Time, instead of going crazy, Todd Oldham says, "Let's see how they look.".
- In Day Camp, there's no Dancey Dance, but there is Craft Time instead.
- The Mini Spinney, Electric Eel, Birthday Party Dancey Dance, and Alligator Chomp are the only Dancey Dances to be done three times.
- Season 1 features the most Dancey Dance segments. Later seasons have the segment occur up to 4-5 times.
- The Dancey Dance was hosted from Brobee Land the most times, as it was tied for Muno Land and Toodee Land hosting it the least.
- Get the Sillies Out! and A Very Awesome Yo Gabba Gabba Live Holiday Show! are the only live shows that do not feature the Dancey Dance segment.
- The Dancey Dance was never hosted from Foofa Land in Season 2, as it was never hosted from Toodee Land in Seasons 3 and 4.
- For plural reasons, Plex could have said, "Now, let's see who our Dancey Dance friends are today!".
- In the Electric Eel, Jennifer says the word "…get…" instead of "…go…", about going crazy.
- In the Disco Roll, Plex does not say, "Now, let's see who our Dancey Dance friend is today!". Instead, he explains what the Dancey Dance is.
- For Craft Time, Plex says, "I wonder…" and does not say, "Whoaaaa…".