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Word World is a very odd preschool show that centers on Funny Animals and a non-anthro dog -- who are all living words. They live in Wordville and can build new things out of letters. If you need a house, just build one out of the appropriate letters.

Pretty convoluted for something that's meant to teach kids how to spell, but whatever works.

Target has made a lot of merchandise for the show.

The Characters page.

Tropes used in Word World include:

Amazing Technicolor Population: Either there are two main cats, one a blue Siamese cat and one a purple cat with a white muzzle, facial blaze, and white paws, or Cat changes color depending on her job in the episode. Also, why are Sheep's arms and legs purple? Pig's hooves . . . they sure like purple in this show.
Carnivore Confusion: Shark
Chaste Toons: Pig's three nephews
Christmas Episode: "The Christmas Star / A Christmas Present for Dog"
Deadpan Snarker: Duck
Disembodied Eyebrows
A Dog Named "Dog".... and a sheep, and a bear, and a duck, and a frog...
The Everyman: Sheep
Everything's Even Worse with Sharks: Averted with shark.
Exactly What It Says on the Tin: The animals themselves.
Four-Legged Insect: Inverted with Cricket and averted with the other insects.
- Cricket has eight legs like an arachnid and Spider has six legs (and two antennae) like an insect.
Funny Animal: Everyone except Dog and Cow.
Furry Confusion: Cow and Dog rarely talk, though often Dog's barks sound close to words. There are even realistic sea creatures.
- Dog can't talk, but he actually owns a house, whereas Pig lives in a barn, Bear lives in a cave, Sheep lives in hay, Frog lives in a log, and Duck has a nest.
Heterosexual Life Partners: Pig and Ant, Duck and Frog, and Bear and Sheep
Hey, It's That Voice!: Who knew that Sheep was Ash Ketchum?
Interactive Narrator: He is sometimes heard talking with the characters, usually at the beginning of a story.
Loads and Loads of Characters: Potentially any noun that refers to a living thing.
Living Prop: Cow
Merchandise-Driven: Tons of merchandise sold at Target. The new characters introduced for merchandise who don't appear in the show presumably have been Killed Off for Real.
Minor Injury Overreaction: In an episode in which Pig is sneezing, Sheep attempts to take him to the hospital.
No Cartoon Fish: Only a few cartoony fish have been seen.
Our Monsters Are Different: Monster, who is a red monster shaped like his name.
Partially-Civilized Animal: Any four-legged Word World character (Tiger, Elephant, Turtle, Monkey, Dog, Cat, and Goat)
Shaped Like Itself: Litteraly.
Single-Minded Twins: Pig's nephews
The Smart Guy: Frog
- Except when his Large Ham qualities turn him into a Know-Nothing Know-It-All.
Steam Never Dies: The train is a large blue steam locomotive shaped like the word "TRAIN" that is for some reason fuelled by letters, couldn't decide whether it should have a 2-2-2 or a 4-2-0 wheel arrangement, and doesn't have anyone driving it.
Tailfin Walking: Shark

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 {{work}}
-[[File:word-world.jpg|frame]]
+[[File:word-world.jpg|thumb|350px|Welcome to our world!]]
-{{quote box|Welcome to our world!}}
-''Word World'' is a [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs|very odd]] preschool show that centers on [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]] and a [[Furry Confusion|non-anthro dog]] -- who are all living ''words''. They live in Wordville and can build new things out of letters. If you need a house, just build one out of the appropriate letters.
+''Word World'' is a [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?|very odd]] preschool show that centers on [[Funny Animal|Funny Animals]] and a [[Furry Confusion|non-anthro dog]] -- who are all living ''words''. They live in Wordville and can build new things out of letters. If you need a house, just build one out of the appropriate letters.
 Pretty convoluted for something that's meant to teach kids how to spell, but whatever works.
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 Target has made a '''lot''' of merchandise for the show.
-[[Word World (Animation)/Characters|The Characters page]].
+[[Word World/Characters|The Characters page]].
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+{{tropelist}}
-=== Tropes used: ===
 * [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: Either there are two main cats, one a blue Siamese cat and one a purple cat with a white muzzle, facial blaze, and white paws, or Cat changes color depending on her job in the episode. Also, why are Sheep's arms and legs purple? Pig's hooves . . . [[Purple Is the New Black|they sure like purple in this show]].
 * [[Carnivore Confusion]]: Shark
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 * [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Duck
 * [[Disembodied Eyebrows]]
-* [[A Dog Named Dog]].... [[Up to Eleven|and a sheep, and a bear, and a duck, and a frog...]]
+* [[A Dog Named "Dog"]].... [[Up to Eleven|and a sheep, and a bear, and a duck, and a frog...]]
 * [[The Everyman]]: Sheep
-* [[Everythings Even Worse With Sharks]]: Averted with shark.
+* [[Everything's Even Worse with Sharks]]: Averted with shark.
-* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: The animals themselves.
+* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: The animals themselves.
-* [[Four Legged Insect]]: Inverted with Cricket and averted with the other insects.
+* [[Four-Legged Insect]]: Inverted with Cricket and averted with the other insects.
 ** Cricket has eight legs like an arachnid and Spider has six legs (and two antennae) like an insect.
 * [[Funny Animal]]: Everyone except Dog and Cow.
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 ** Dog can't talk, but he actually owns a house, whereas Pig lives in a barn, Bear lives in a cave, Sheep lives in hay, Frog lives in a log, and Duck has a nest.
 * [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Pig and Ant, Duck and Frog, and Bear and Sheep
-* [[Hey Its That Voice]]: Who knew that Sheep was [[Pokémon (Anime)|Ash Ketchum?]]
+* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Who knew that Sheep was [[Pokémon (anime)|Ash Ketchum?]]
 * [[Interactive Narrator]]: He is sometimes heard talking with the characters, usually at the beginning of a story.
 * [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Potentially any noun that refers to a living thing.
 * [[Living Prop]]: Cow
-* [[Merchandise Driven]]: Tons of merchandise sold at Target. The new characters introduced for merchandise who don't appear in the show presumably have been [[Killed Off for Real]].
+* [[Merchandise-Driven]]: Tons of merchandise sold at Target. The new characters introduced for merchandise who don't appear in the show presumably have been [[Killed Off for Real]].
 * [[Minor Injury Overreaction]]: In an episode in which Pig is sneezing, Sheep attempts to ''take him to the hospital.''
 * [[No Cartoon Fish]]: Only a few cartoony fish have been seen.
 * [[Our Monsters Are Different]]: Monster, who is a red monster shaped like his name.
-* [[Partially Civilized Animal]]: Any four-legged [[Word World]] character (Tiger, Elephant, Turtle, Monkey, Dog, Cat, and Goat)
+* [[Partially-Civilized Animal]]: Any four-legged [[Word World]] character (Tiger, Elephant, Turtle, Monkey, Dog, Cat, and Goat)
 * [[Shaped Like Itself]]: Litteraly.
-* [[Single Minded Twins]]: Pig's nephews
+* [[Single-Minded Twins]]: Pig's nephews
 * [[The Smart Guy]]: Frog
-** Except when his [[Large Ham]] qualities turn him into a [[Know Nothing Know It All]].
+** Except when his [[Large Ham]] qualities turn him into a [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All]].
 * [[Steam Never Dies]]: The train is a large blue steam locomotive shaped like the word "TRAIN" that is for some reason fuelled by letters, couldn't decide whether it should have a 2-2-2 or a 4-2-0 wheel arrangement, and doesn't have anyone driving it.
 * [[Tailfin Walking]]: Shark
 {{reflist}}
-[[Category:Turn of the Millennium/Western Animation]]
+[[Category:Western Animation of the 2000s]]
 [[Category:Western Animation]]
 [[Category:Word World]]