Big Smelly Bear is big and smelly and never washes! He is determined to stay smelly until one day he has an itch he cannot reach to scratch. Luckily for him, a big fluffy bear comes along and kindly offers to help. But first she wants him to do something - take a bath. After some loud discussion, she gets her way and he gets his back scratched - a warm and happy relationship develops with a soppy happy ending..