The New Girl

The New Girl is an animated short of the Mr. Hopp's Playhouse series. It released on December 8, 2021 and is set sometime in-between Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 2.

Plot
The short begins with Esther having another nightmare, as she walks through the corridor of the mansion while a monster watches her. She then hears the Entity's voice calling her name. When she comes towards The Entity it almost attacks her right before she wakes herself up, along with the kids in the room. Molly becomes annoyed by Esther constantly waking everyone up, and Esther explains she does not know what is causing these sudden nightmares, saying she'll try to make sense of it. Miss Beverley then comes in the room with Dee, introducing her to the room she will be sleeping in, and Esther waves at her before they leave. Molly asks if they can go play, but Esther asks where Mr. Hopp is. Molly tells her that Esther moved him to the libary, and after Esther accuses Molly of taking Mr. Hopp to the library and Molly calling Esther crazy, Isaac races Molly and Esther to the library so they can play hide and seek. When they make it to the library and put Miss Bo, Mr. Stripes and Mr. Hopp on a drawer, Esther starts counting and the game begins, but while she is counting, Mr. Hopp in his humanoid form lurks around the library. When Esther starts looking for Isaac, she hears a sound similiar to the theme of the first game. But before she can check what it is, Isaac almost drops a vase and gets himself caught. Then Molly comes out of her hiding spot, bragging about how she won the game. Esther and Isaac then whisper to each other, accusing Molly of cheating right before Molly stops the conversation. They then hear a sound that was made by Dee, and when they go to check, Dee quickly hides. Presumably a few hours later, Molly goes into the bathroom bringing Miss Bo with her, and brushing her hair while humming. She then sees Miss Bo in her humanoid form in the mirror right behind her and gets startled. Meanwhile, Isaac puts Mr. Stripes on the counter, and when he goes to pick up the blocks, he sees Mr. Stripes in his humanoid form on the counter and also gets startled for a second. And in the library, Esther is reading a book when she hears the same sound she heard in her dream. She looks at Mr. Hopp to check and he moves his left eye.

Speaking

 * Jessica Winter as Esther
 * Anna Chloe Moorey as Molly
 * Elsie Lovelock as Isaac and Miss Beverly
 * Ellie Grant as Billy
 * Moonbit as the Entity

Non-speaking

 * Dee
 * Mr. Hopp
 * Miss Bo
 * Mr. Stripes

Trivia

 * This is the first and as of now only animated short of the entire series.
 * The short uses some sound effects and music from Kevin MacLeod.
 * It uses the same art style as the Mr. Hopp's Playhouse 3 teaser trailer.