Pythagora Switch
(Redirected from Pitagora Suicchi)
Pythagora Switch is a Japanese children's TV show that airs on NHK. The show features several disjointed sketches that are both educational and entertaining. Each sketch is followed by a Pythagora switch (the Japanese term for a Rube Goldberg Device), that features prominently on the show. Each 15-minute episode starts with a puppet skit where two young penguins, Pita and Gora, learn a new concept with the help of an anthropomorphic encyclopedia and a television dog. And each show ends with either the Algorithm March or algorithm exercises hosted by Kazunari Yamada and Hidenori Kikuchi.
Recurring sketches include:
- Today's Topic
- 10 stick anime
- Botejin
- Father Switch
- Framy
- What Is the Dot Doing?
- Square and Triangle Groups
- Algorithm Exercises/March
Tropes used in Pythagora Switch include:
- Edutainment Show
- Everything's Better with Penguins
- Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja: Arguably how the Algorithm March got popular. It's a shame YouTube took down the original video.
- Punny Name: TeleviJohn
- Rube Goldberg Device: One between every two segments
- Widget Series