I Don't Want to Be a Toad, I Want to Be a Butterfly

I Don't Want to Be a Toad, I Want to Be a Butterfly
Season 5, Episode 11 Series Episode 151
Airdate	December 12, 1968
Written by	Doug Tibbles
Directed by	Richard Michaels
Episode Guide
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I Don't Want to Be a Toad, I Want to Be a Butterfly is the eleventh episode of the fifth season and the 151st episode of the Bewitched series. The episode was completed by September 27, 1968.

Plot

Phyllis enrolls Tabitha in the prestigious Delightful Day Nursery School. Samantha and Darrin, although very worried about leaving their daughter unsupervised among mortals, find no argument to oppose Phyllis' stubborn will. On the first day at school, Phyllis forces Samantha to go shopping with her, and leave Tabitha under the authority of the teacher, Mrs. Burch. Despite her mother's multiple warnings not to use any spells, Tabitha, who wanted to stop her friend Amy from crying because she cannot be the butterfly in a game, turns her classmate into a butterfly. In a clothing store, Samantha tricks her mother-in-law's vigilance to pop at the classroom window and learns from Tabitha that "the butterfly Amy" has escaped and landed in a tree. After Sam captures the butterfly, and Tabitha changes Amy back to her human form, it now remains to reveal to Darrin that the school is permanently closed.

Trivia

General

• Remade in Season Eight as "Tabitha's First Day in School".

Casting

• Agnes Moorehead did not appear and received credit only.
• All actors an actress played the children in the classroom are uncredited.

Cast

• Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens
• Dick York as Darrin Stephens
• Erin Murphy as Tabitha Stephens
• Mabel Albertson as Phyllis Stephens
• Maudie Prickett as Mrs. Burch
• Maralee Foster as Amy Taylor
• Lola Fisher as Ruth Taylor
• Art Metrano as Man in Yard
• Jean Gillespie as Saleslady
• Paul Sorensen as Harve
• Karl Lukas as Benny

See Also

• Season Five
• Bewitched Episodes

Sources

• Pierce, David L. "The omni-directional three-dimensional vectoring paper printed omnibus for Bewitched analysis : a.k.a. the Bewitched history book." BearManor Media, 2012, pages 388-391.
• James, Adam-Michael. "The Bewitched Continuum: The Ultimate Linear Guide to the Classic TV Series." (Foreword and Edited by Herbie J. Pilato), Bright Horse Publishing, 2014, pages 316-317.
• Pilato, Herbie J. "Bewitched forever : the immortal companion to television's most magical supernatural situation comedy." Summit Pub. Group, 1996, page 175.
• I Don't Want to Be a Toad, I Want to Be a Butterfly on the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on December 18, 2024.
• I Don't Want to Be a Toad, I Want to Be a Butterfly on Wikipedia. Retrieved on December 18, 2024.