The Backyardigans: Difference between revisions

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* [[Cool Shades]]: Austin wears some at one point in "Surf's Up!", and so do Pablo and Tyrone in "Elephant on the Run!". They're also present during the "You Can Do It" song sequence in "Garbage Trek".

* [[The Comically Serious]]: Mr. Spiffy in "What's Bugging You?".

* [[Cuffs Off Rub Wrists]]: Tyrone and Pablo in "The Two Musketeers".

* [[Cuffs Off, Rub Wrists]]: Tyrone and Pablo in "The Two Musketeers".

* [[Cultural Translation]]: The UK dub has a lot of this, especially when the snack is offered at the end of the episode.

* [[Curiosity Is a Crapshoot]]: Uniqua opening the box in "Movers of Arabia".

* [[Cute Em Up]]

* [[Cute'Em Up]]

* [[Cute Monster Girl]]: Uniqua in "Monster Detectives" and "Scared of You", although the latter counts more since she actually looks like a monster rather than looking like herself in a torn soccer shirt.

* [[Cute Witch]]: Uniqua again, in "Escape from Fairy Tale Village".

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* [[Expy]]: If [[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch|Hippo]] traded all his clothes for just a propeller hat and bowtie, he would pretty much look like Pablo.

* [[The Fair Folk]]: Tasha in "The Tale of the Mighty Knights".

* [[Fair Play ~~Who Dunnit~~]] (Or [[Reverse Whodunnit]] if you prefer): The "Whodunit?" episode, [[Captain Obvious|naturally]].

* [[Fair Play Whodunnit]] (Or [[Reverse Whodunnit]] if you prefer): The "Whodunit?" episode, [[Captain Obvious|naturally]].

* [[Fantasy Helmet Enforcement]]: Tyrone wears a helmet when he rides his bicycle in "Escape From Fairytale Village", Austin and Uniqua have helmets when riding their skateboard and scooter in "Caveman's Best Friend", and all characters in "The Magic Skateboard" wear helmets as well as elbow pads and knee pads.

* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: In "Escape from Fairytale Village", "Scared of You", and "The Tale of the Mighty Knights".

* [[Faster Than Light Travel]]: The "Zip Speed" in "Garbage Trek".

* [[Faster-Than-Light Travel]]: The "Zip Speed" in "Garbage Trek".

* [[Fastest Gun in The West]]: Pablo in "Blazing Paddles". Actually, the fastest ping pong skills in the West.

* [[Fawlty Towers Plot]]: "What's Bugging You".

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* [[Heel Face Turn]]: A common ending for any character portrayed as a villain.

* [[Hero Secret Service]]: The secret headquarters in "International Super Spy".

* [[Hey It's That Voice]]: There are joke drawings on [[Deviant ART]] showing Pablo cosplaying as [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Aang]], because they're both voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen (at least Pablo was during the first season). In the first four seasons, Austin was voiced by Jonah Bobo, who also played Todd in ''[[The Fox and The Hound (Disney)|The Fox and the Hound 2]]''. Austin's singing voice for the first three seasons, Thomas Sharkey, also played Baby Jaguar in ''Go, Diego, Go''. And in Japan, Tasha is voiced by [[Kana Ueda]] of all people.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: There are joke drawings on [[Deviant ART]] showing Pablo cosplaying as [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Aang]], because they're both voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen (at least Pablo was during the first season). In the first four seasons, Austin was voiced by Jonah Bobo, who also played Todd in ''[[The Fox and The Hound (Disney)|The Fox and the Hound 2]]''. Austin's singing voice for the first three seasons, Thomas Sharkey, also played Baby Jaguar in ''Go, Diego, Go''. And in Japan, Tasha is voiced by [[Kana Ueda]] of all people.

** Tyrone is Aang in Italian.

* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: A running gag in "Samurai Pie", wherein Pablo keeps losing his balance, eventually falling on a pie tin and giving himself and Uniqua away.

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* [[Humongous Mecha]]: The giant robot in "Front Page News".

* [[Hyperspeed Escape]]: In "Garbage Trek", Tyrone and Pablo use "Zip Speed".

* [[I Am Becoming Song]]: If there's [[Character Development]] in an episode, there will likely be a song about it.

* [["I Am Becoming" Song]]: If there's [[Character Development]] in an episode, there will likely be a song about it.

* [[I Am Not Left Handed]]: From "International Super Spy":

* [[I Am Not Left-Handed]]: From "International Super Spy":

{{quote| '''Pablo''': There's something you should know, Lady in Pink.<br />

'''Lady in Pink''': Oh? And what's that?<br />

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* [[Insecurity Camera]]: In "International Super Spy".

* [[Inspector Javert]]: Inspector Austin of the Paris Police in "Le Master of Disguise".

* [[Instant Awesome Just Add Dragons]]: In "The Tale of the Mighty Knights", its sequel "The Tale of the Not-So-Nice Dragon", and "Dragon Express".

* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]]: In "The Tale of the Mighty Knights", its sequel "The Tale of the Not-So-Nice Dragon", and "Dragon Express".

* [[Instant Awesome Just Add Mecha]]: The Giant Robot in "Front Page News".

* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Mecha]]: The Giant Robot in "Front Page News".

* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]]: In "Samurai Pie".

* [[Instant Costume Change]]: Tyrone and Pablo do this near the end of "Race to the Tower of Power", Uniqua in "The Masked Retriever", Tasha in "Front Page News", and Pablo again in "Le Master of Disguise".

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* [[The Jeeves]]: Tyrone in "Whodunit?", he even has his hair specially combed like Jeeves' for that episode. Also Pablo in "Catch That Train" -- so utterly ''utterly'' devoted to having everything Czar Tyrone needs three seconds before he wants it.

* [[The Juggernaut]]: In "Chichen-Itza Pizza", the boulder chasing Tasha and Uniqua.

* [[Jump ~~Ill~~ Catch You]]: In "Pirate Treasure", the other characters say this to Pablo as he hobbles across a log with his peg leg.

* [[Jump, I'll Catch You!]]: In "Pirate Treasure", the other characters say this to Pablo as he hobbles across a log with his peg leg.

* [[Jump Physics]]: In "Pirate Camp", Uniqua and Pablo are launched into the air using only two planks and some crates.

* [[Jump the Shark]]: Spoofed in "Save the Day" when Tyrone jumps over a sea of sharks on a jet ski to save Tasha.

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* [[Nice Hat]]: Pablo's got a nice propeller beanie. In some their imaginary adventures, the characters wear pretty cool hats as well.

* [[Nobody Here but Us Statues]]: A recurring theme in "Who Goes There?" with Uniqua, Pablo, and Austin being actual pieces of artwork. It happens again in "What's Bugging You?" with Uniqua and Tyrone as a pest control service trying to hide from house inspector Mr. Spiffy (Pablo).

* [[Non Singing Voice]]: Each character has two voice actors; one for speaking and one for singing.

* [[Non-Singing Voice]]: Each character has two voice actors; one for speaking and one for singing.

* [[No Seat Belts]]: Both space cars in "Cops and Robots", though usually the show is very careful not to do this.

* [[No OSHA Compliance]]: The ice factory in "The Secret of Snow" and the sock factory in "For the Love of Socks!".

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* [[Shoe Phone]]: Pablo's hat-phone in "International Super Spy".

* [[Shown Their Work]]: You can tell that the "Caveman's Best Friend" episode takes place in the Triassic period because of the tar puddles and the fern plants.

* [[Shout Out]]: Ohhhh boy, where do we start?

* [[Shout-Out]]: Ohhhh boy, where do we start?

** Honorable mentions go to some [[Bio Shock]] shout-outs in "To the Center of the Earth", and "Flower Power" which could be briefly described as "[[Heartcatch Pretty Cure|Cure Blossom]] fights [[The Princess and The Frog|Doctor Facilier]]".

* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Austin at first. He opens up later.

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* [[Spin to Deflect Stuff]]: Uniqua does this in "Blazing Paddles" during the song "I Must Be Ready".

* [[Spit Take]]: Uniqua does this in "Catch that Butterfly", after they've fallen off a waterfall.

* [[Split Screen Phone Call]]: Uniqua and Tyrone have this in "Movers of Arabia".

* [[Split-Screen Phone Call]]: Uniqua and Tyrone have this in "Movers of Arabia".

* [[The Stoic]]: Austin in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' parody episode "Garbage Trek". A clear instance of this is when the U.S.S. Collector is about to be sucked by the black hole; Uniqua and Tasha scream for their lives while he remains silent like he's deep in thought or something.

* [[Storybook Episode]]: "Knights are Brave and Strong", "A Giant Problem", "Tale of the Mighty Knights", and "Escape from Fairy Tale Village".

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* [[Wall Jump]]: Uniqua is able to do this with two trees in "Samurai Pie".

* [[Walk the Plank]]: In "Pirate Treasure", and "Fly Girl".

* [[Wasn't That Fun]]: In "Scared Of You" Austin, Tyrone, and Uniqua are warned against proceeding with their journey. [[Tempting Fate|They do so]], and are rewarded with a falling staircase. Uniqua is left hanging on to the top landing for dear life.

* [[Wasn't That Fun?]]: In "Scared Of You" Austin, Tyrone, and Uniqua are warned against proceeding with their journey. [[Tempting Fate|They do so]], and are rewarded with a falling staircase. Uniqua is left hanging on to the top landing for dear life.

{{quote| '''Uniqua''': Hey! That was fun! Let's do it again! <br />

'''Tyrone''': Or let's not! }}

* [[Wasteful Wishing]]: In "Movers of Arabia", {{spoiler|Pablo wastes a wish by saying "I wish I knew where we were." Cue Genie Austin, yelling "You're in Arabia! Boy, that was easy!"}}

* [[What Could Have Been]]: One episode was supposed to use [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Sun_ra~~ Sun Ra's] avant-garde jazz as a music genre, but the show's producers thought it would scare [[Moral Guardians|parents]] and decided not to go through with it.

* [[What Could Have Been]]: One episode was supposed to use [[wikipedia:Sun ra|Sun Ra's]] avant-garde jazz as a music genre, but the show's producers thought it would scare [[Moral Guardians|parents]] and decided not to go through with it.

** Also, the show was going to be called "Me + My Friends", Uniqua was supposed to be a pig, and there was no Austin. [http://www.backyardiganfans.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=407 Click here for more info.]

* [[Whip Pan]]: Used in "The Tale of the Mighty Knights", "Le Master of Disguise", "Robin Hood the Clean", and several other episodes.