Super Why!: Difference between revisions

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* Littlest Pig, of ''The Three Little Pigs'', who transforms into '''Alpha Pig''', [[Catch Phrase|"with Alphabet Power!"]]

* [[Little Red Riding Hood]], who turns into '''Wonder Red''', [[Catch Phrase|"with Word Power!"]]

The show is also [[Interactive Fiction|interactive]] in that ''the viewer'' is also assumed to part of the group, as the unseen '''Super You''', [[Catch Phrase|"with the Power to Help!"]] whom the other heroes [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|address directly]].

 

 

The series is [[Strictly Formula|highly formulaic]], following the same pattern in virtually every episode: One of the main characters has a problem (the kind of problem little kids have- like not being able to play the game he or she wanted) and the group sets out to find a solution to it by [[Transformation Sequence|changing into their heroic selves]] and entering a book. There they try to help the story's characters with their problems, eventually changing the story (by replacing words in the text) to give it a different ending. In the process, they find special [[Plot Coupon|"super letters"]] that Super Why collects in his [[Magical Computer|"super duper computer"]] which eventually spell out a word that is the solution to the original problem. After that too is resolved, the Super Readers, now back in their normal forms, [[Victory Pose|dance a little victory dance]] to the show's tune, and the episode ends.

Super Why! is a fun way to learn reading and writing, though older audiences might find it repetitive after a while.

 

* [[Alphabet Soup Cans]]

* [[An Aesop]]: Every episode has one, though sometimes it is different from the one the traditional tale told. For example, in the Ugly Duckling episode, the problem was that the duckling couldn't swim, but should keep trying!

* [[Catch Phrase]]: several, the ones above are just examples.

* [[Cool Plane]]: The "Why-fliers"- every hero has got one.

* [[Derailed Fairy Tale]]: Doing this is the whole point of the missions.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: In one episode, the characters go into [[Little Red Riding Hood|Red's story]]. When they meet the Big Bad Wolf both times, although her tone doesn't reveal it, Red's expression as she delivers her well-known lines to the wolf just screams this.

* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: The heroes' "Book Club" headquarters.

* [[Fingerless Gloves]]: Wonder Red.

* [[Fractured Fairy Tale]]: The tales often are changed to be [[Lighter and Softer]].

* [[Little Red Fighting Hood]]: Red.

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: The antagonists in the storybooks will point out that the only reason they're being evil is because the book says that's what they're supposed to do.

* [[Reality Warper]]: In the books they enter, Super Why's pen can zap words into a story.

* [[Short Distance Phone Call]]: Occurs quite often as Whyatt uses his Super Duper Computer to call the other team members, even if they're all in the same area.

* [[Show Within a Show]]: There seem to be ''two'' fairy tale worlds, the one the characters share and the one in the books they enter.

* [[Take Your Time]]: Despite resolving real life problems, the characters have to leave for the clubhouse, travel through the book, insert the letters they found on the computer, then go back to where they need to before they can solve the problem. No one else seems to notice the length of their absence.

* [[The Unseen]]: Super You.

* [[Team Pet]]: Woofster, starting in Season 2.

** He's a [[Talking Animal|talking dog]] and also considered a [[Sixth Member|full member]] of the team with his Dictionary Power.

** No longer the case starting in Season 2 as a super puppy named Woofster joins the team.

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Wonder Red and Princess Presto.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Snow White in the version of the fairy tale the Super Readers enter. Even her friends are telling her repeatedly not to trust the [[Obviously Evil]] Queen. But she always does.

* [[Transformation Sequence]]

 

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[[Category:Edutainment Show]]

[[Category:Western Animation]]