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The current television show is not the first version of the story, though it is the first to be known outside Iceland. The previous versions were books and musicals both on stage and CD, and were all in Icelandic and set in the village of Latibær, meaning "LazyTown". While the basics of each character remained similar between the last ''Latibær'' production and ''LazyTown'', several characters were dropped along the way, and those remaining were given [[Dub Name Change|more English names]] for LazyTown. The child characters in the ''Latibær'' musicals were all played by Caucasian adult humans.
''LazyTown'''s distribution rights were once owned by [[Nickelodeon]] in the US, and it was originally commissioned by them, but it is a '''LazyTown Entertainment''' production. The "magazine format" ''LazyTown Extra'' (2008) is a co-production with [[The BBC]]. On April 18, 2011 PBSKids Sprout [http://www.sproutonline.com/sprout/pressroom/release.aspx?id=a2e1c4b8-0cec-4e8e-924d-9ecc00a9ea0f announced] that it had acquired the rights to U.S. broadcasts of ''LazyTown'', including the full first and second seasons and ''LazyTown Extra'', which had never previously been broadcast in the United States. The network
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** To be fair, Magnus Scheving really does those stunts. Besides the constant flipping, we're talking one-handed, one-legged pushups.
** While nothing has been confirmed on the American show, it's worth mentioning he's an Elf in the Iceland dub and in the original plays. In the U.S. version, Robbie sometimes refers to him as the "blue sports elf," though this is used as an insult.
* [[And the Rest]]: In the episode Defeeted, Sportacus says, "I'd better go practice my move! I don't want to disappoint Stephanie...or anyone else."
* [[Animesque]]: Between Stephanie's male fans and pink hair, and the cartoony world, non-fans have ''mistakenly'' assumed ''LazyTown'' is Japanese or influenced by anime.
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* [[Crying Wolf]]: In one episode, Ziggy was playing pranks by saying untrue things, such as there being a monkey playing trumpet outside or Trixie having a spider on her shoulder. The other kids get sick of it, and decide to ignore him, then, when he stumbles on Robbie plotting out loud in a cow costume, they refuse to believe he saw a talking, evil cow with a catapult. Kind of a [[Broken Aesop]], in that it would have been a pretty reasonable thing for them to doubt anyway, even without Ziggy losing their trust by telling lies. (Though this ''is'' the same town where a Man disguises himself a sports elf...)
* [[Cultural Translation]]: The BBC partly re-dubbed the show, with British voice actors speaking for puppet characters originally voiced by Americans. However, the human characters' American and Icelandic accents were untouched. Additionally, they seem to have left them all alone for LazyTown Entertainment/BBC co-production ''LazyTown Extra''.
** Heck, the entire show underwent a massive overhaul when it hit American shores. For example: the town itself was made brighter and more colorful, most of the live-action characters were turned into cute puppets (and some were gotten rid of
*** Just compare the original Icelandic [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR9wuZDQzRo Versti Fantur song] with its American counterpart [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDmZ_WkBrfc Master of Disguise].
* [[Dastardly Whiplash]]: Robbie Rotten may not have the loftiest of goals (he just wants the kids to be lazy so they won't be running back and forth across the roof of his subterranean lair all day - one might suggest he move, but it's probably rent-controlled), but he more than makes up for it with the kind of elaborate costumes and schemes that define this trope.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: Stephanie is eight years old (nine by the time of LazyTown Extra),
* [[Descriptive Ville]]
* [[Determinator]]: It's a wonder why Robbie Rotten even bothers with his schemes to get Sportacus to leave LazyTown anymore, since he has failed so many times before. His plans might not be up to scratch, but you can't fault his determination.
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* [[Schemer]]: Robbie.
* [[Self Fanservice]]: Oh, the things the fandom does to Sportacus and Robbie Rotten... The extreme athletecism of the former and... ''suspicious bulge'' of the latter may be bordering on [[Parent Service]]. Either way, the [[Periphery Demographic]] has made some... ''interesting'' things of both of them. And, from an entirely different quarter, Stephanie.
* [[Shout Out]]
** The "Secret Agent"/"Man on a Mission" song mentions "phones on his feet" with a [[Shoe Phone]] prop, homaging [[Get Smart]].
* [[Silly Walk]]: Robbie's trademark walk.
* [[Sorry I Left the BGM On]]: In the episode "Rockin' Robbie", when Robbie is moaning about how the others are listening to a music we hear his signature theme playing in the background. He then yells stop the music, which then stops and we cut to the speakers shaking (as though they have just stopped).
* [[Spandex, Latex, or Leather]]: Spandex to the max!
* [[Spoiled Brat]]: Stingy
* [[Spot the Imposter]]: Partially subverted amusingly when Robbie Rotten impersonates Sportacus. The other characters can't tell the difference despite Robbie being, among other things, 4-5 inches taller and a lot less muscular. Stephanie suggests a race to tell them who is the real Sportacus, and Robbie wins because Sportacus is forced to forfeit the race halfway through to rescue Bessie. Stephanie realises that the one who forfeited to rescue Bessie must be the real one, says so, and unmasks Robbie by pulling his false moustache off. The tag would be a very touching [[Aesop]] on friendship if it wasn't for the simple fact that [[Idiot Plot|Robbie and Sportacus look nothing alike, and they]] ''[[Idiot Ball|should]]'' [[Idiot Plot|have been able to tell them apart by looking at them.]]
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{{quote|''"Teamwork, do it together / Teamwork, friends forever,
We're all for one and one for all / We'll help each other stand tall,
With teamwork!"
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Sportacus showcases Scheving's amazing stunts and talent as a gymnast, to the point where the character won't simply ''walk'' anywhere - instead he'll flip, somersault, walk on his hands, cartwheel, etc. just to get to wherever he needs to be. Granted, the show was ''created'' by Scheving himself, but still...
** This troper remembers a particularly hilarious scene in which Sportacus made the simple act of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMa_dUe3tgw writing a letter] look like an exhausting gymnastic workout.
* [[The Fair Folk]]: Although he got downright cuddly in later adaptations, the forerunner of the character who became Sportacus is damn scary, though technically good, in the first play.
* [[The Something Song]]: Stingy has a song referred to by fans as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_97GF1Okmig "The Mine Song"]. (It is also known simply as "Mine".)
** Also, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHXRqs2FzdE "Spooky Song"].
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And buried deep away
We'll dig up the box
We know it's full of [[Pirate Booty|precious booty]]
Burst open the locks
And then we'll say "Hurray"!'' }}
* [[Villain Song]]: Robbie Rotten gets quite a few of these. Most notable examples include [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDmZ_WkBrfc Master of Disguise], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwS4the0uE0 Woof Woof Woof], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4CTC_01mAQ Good To Be Bad], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d8jPooU9ig Fun To Be The Mayor].
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