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[[File:Super_Why.jpg|frame|[[Incredibly Lame Pun|Why, oh why?]] ]]

''Hip hip hooray! The Super Readers saved the day!''

'''Super Why!''' is an [[Edutainment Show|educational]] [[Animated Show|animated children's show]] aimed at very young children (young enough to still be practicing their abcs). Despite this, it features a few clever concepts, such as starring [[Fairy Tale]] characters who turn into [[Kid Hero|superheroes]] known as the "Super Readers", who can literally [[Trapped in TV Land|enter into books]] to help solve problems. They are:

'''''Super Why!''''' is an [[Edutainment Show|educational]] [[Animated Show|animated children's show]] aimed at very young children (young enough to still be practicing their abcs). Despite this, it features a few clever concepts, such as starring [[Fairy Tale]] characters who turn into [[Kid Hero|superheroes]] known as the "Super Readers", who can literally [[Trapped in TV Land|enter into books]] to help solve problems. They are:

* 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!"]]

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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 show is produced by the same people who made [[Blue's Clues]], and can be seen in [[PBS]] networks.

The show originally aired from 2007 to 2012, then was revived for the 2015-2016 season. It was produced by the same people who made ''[[Blue's Clues]]'' (with [[William Shatner]] co-producing the first season), and can be seen in [[PBS]] networks.

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.

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

=== Other Tropes in the show: ===

* [[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!

* [[Anatomy Anomaly]]: The blue-skinned witch from the "[[Hansel and Gretel]]" story has a nose that looks awfully like an elephant's trunk.

* [[Art Shift]]- when entering the books. Note that the Super Readers remain 3D characters while everybody else is flat.

* [[Art Shift]]: when entering the books. Note that the Super Readers remain 3D characters while everybody else is flat.

* [[Because Destiny Says So]]: Pinocchio uses this as an excuse for continuing to lie before Whyatt zaps a word into his story.

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Pig's brothers' clothes are ''clearly'' based on [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario and Luigi.]]

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