Peep and the Big Wide World

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Peep and the Big Wide World (2004-2011) is an animated cartoon that teaches math, nature and basic science concepts to children. The main characters include a baby chicken named Peep and his friends Quack, a blue duck, and Chirp, a red robin. The current show, narrated by Joan Cusack is based on a National Film Board of Canada cartoon short of the same name, created in 1988 by Kaj Pindal and narrated by Peter Ustinov.

The show has a very large Periphery Demographic due to good writing, interesting characters and Parental Bonus.

Most of the episodes involve them solving some problem or having some adventure, made ever more difficult read: hilarious by their simplicity and ignorance due to being, well, baby animals. But, there are many reccurring plotlines, including Chirp trying to learn how to fly, an episode centered around quack and his singing, or Peep and Chirp trying to get to Green Island.

Tropes used in Peep and the Big Wide World include:

Quack: It's a ducks world Chirp.

A random Rabbit: That's not corn! That's a guy!

  • Feather Fingers It's largely averted, as most of the major characters don't even have visible forelimbs. Like for example, Peep has no arms whatsoever. So they hold things in their beaks (like actual birds). It is played straight however, with Chirp who does have visible wings that she sometimes uses but she uses them mostly to gesticulate.
  • Interactive Narrator Happens once in a while.
  • I Remember It Like It Was Yesterday

Peep: In fact, it was!

  • Title Theme Tune somewhat averted, but they do say "It's a Big Wide World..." at least twice.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Most of the characters are kind of dumb, but three are of special note.
    • Beaver Boy, who is so dumb that the rest of the cast thinks he's stupid, even compared to them.
    • The Blue Jays, who were stupid enough that the narrator actually calls them out on it.

Narrator: The Blue Jays aren't smart enough to follow directions and push things at the same time, so things took longer than expected.

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