Little People (TV series)
Little People is an animated series produced by Egmont Imagination, based on the Fisher-Price toys. The first seasons were stop-motion; later seasons (after a generation change in the toy line) are CGI.
Not to be confused with short fantasy races, really short fantasy races, an episode of The Twilight Zone, or a series about real life people with dwarfism.
Tropes used in Little People (TV series) include:
- An Aesop: Obligatory for E/I.
- Art Initiates Life: Michael's power.
- Credits Gag: The closing credits screens include amusing headings such as "The Big People Who Like to Tell People What to Do" for the screen listing the directors, "The Big People Who REALLY Tell People What to Do" for the production company and producers and "The Big People Who Like to Think They are VERY IMPORTANT" for the executive producers.
- Crying Wolf: Using a monkey who tells a tale about a flying elephant instead.
- Debut Queue: The first five five-minute episodes, collected on the Friendship Collection DVD, introduce Eddie (and Freddie and Sarah Lynn), Maggie, Sonya Lee, and Farmer Jed respectively.
- Edutainment Show
- Four-Fingered Hands
- Friend to All Living Things: Sonya Lee's power.
- Merchandise-Driven
- Super-Deformed: Faithful to the toys.
- Theme Tune Cameo: In "About Music," a clown named Smiley played a triumphant, brassy version of the theme tune.
- Theme Tune Roll Call
- Title Theme Tune