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Brum

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18 feature instances
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Brum	label	Brum
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Brum	comment	Brum is a British children's TV series that was transmitted sporadically between 1991 and 2002 on BBC One's CBBC children's block. It followed the adventures of the eponymous Brum, a cute, sentient little car who, according to The Other Wiki, was apparently based on a late-1920s Austin 7 "Chummy" convertible.Brum was kept in in a museum in Birmingham (hence his name), where he would often escape (without the museum curator ever noticing he was gone) to explore the "Big Town" — Birmingham's main commercial, industrial and residential centre. Naturally, his sense of curiosity would either lead him to discover problems to be solved, or Brum himself would encounter some sort of strife to get himself out of.The series underwent something of a Retool when the third series aired in 2001 — the Theme Song was completely changed (the Opening Theme changed from a ragtime-sounding number to a Big Band tune where the Ending Theme featured the decisively more pop-sounding "Brum, Brum Gets Things Done"), the show's former narrator, Toyah Wilcox, was eschewed in favour of two child narrators (Tom Wright and Sarah Wichall) and many established characters were dropped, no matter how large their part was within the series. However, the structure of the show remained almost the same, and so did all of its quirks.The show aired for a time in the mid 2000s on what's currently Discovery Family and TLC (as part of their Ready Set Learn block) in the US.
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Brum / int_137f2d7	type	Card-Carrying Villain
Brum / int_137f2d7	comment	Card-Carrying Villain: Seeing as there's no dialogue, the narrator does this for the villain of "Brum and the Stolen Necklace" saying "Look Brum! An evil person!" and "Oh, she's so evil!".
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Brum / int_28a7a9cd	type	Sentient Vehicle
Brum / int_28a7a9cd	comment	Sentient Vehicle: Brum, of course, is a sentient car.
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Brum / int_32da91b8	type	Out of Focus
Brum / int_32da91b8	comment	Out of Focus: One episode has Brum’s battery going flat at a bad time, and the rest of the episode focuses on other people coming across the classic car in the junkyard until one person realizes that it simply has a flat battery rather than being broken and replaces it.
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Brum / int_47343a59	type	Swiper, No Swiping!
Brum / int_47343a59	comment	Swiper, No Swiping!: Used in every episode with an antagonist, save for the first episode where two bullies ignore Brum's cries and let a bunch of balloons carry a little girl's doll into the sky.
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Brum / int_4856ac40	type	Stock Footage
Brum / int_4856ac40	comment	Stock Footage: The footage of Brum escaping from and returning to the museum filmed for the 1994 series was reused in the 2001 revival.
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Brum / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
Brum / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Brum's name derives from both the show's setting (Brum is a slang term for Birmingham) and the fact he brums a lot since he is a car. (The first meaning was likely lost on US viewers, though.) Mr. Brillo, the crotchety old man, is rough like a Brillo pad.
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Brum / int_7b21ef92	type	Later-Installment Weirdness
Brum / int_7b21ef92	comment	Later-Installment Weirdness: The third season of the show is drastically different from the first two. It focuses more on Brum being heroic as he tries to stop thieves, the show's tone is more cartoony and over the top with a focus on chase scenes, and the narrator only talks when reacting to Brum rather than explaining everything that is going on.
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Brum / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
Brum / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Nearly all of the recurring human cast, with the notable exception of the museum owner. Brum's Signature Style was presenting the characters as mute while the narrator would say the dialogue, like reading a storybook aloud. Therefore it was imperative that the characters be as hammy as possible.
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Brum / int_89b3c0d4	type	So Once Again, the Day Is Saved
Brum / int_89b3c0d4	comment	So Once Again, the Day Is Saved: "... and off he brummed, all the way home." (or at least a variant) "Way to go, Brum!" In the newer series.
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Brum / int_8b9c512e	type	Down the Drain
Brum / int_8b9c512e	comment	Down the Drain: A non-video game example appears in Brum and the Flood, where Brum must venture into Big Town's sewers to unblock them and prevent a large flood.
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Brum / int_8ec0abf	type	The Voiceless
Brum / int_8ec0abf	comment	The Voiceless: Again, all the cast except for the narrator are unable to speak.
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Brum / int_a25b0db9	type	Murderous Mannequin
Brum / int_a25b0db9	comment	Murderous Mannequin: In the episode "Brum and the Shop Window Dummy", Brum witnesses a woman steal an entire mannequin from the store window in order to get the dress the mannequin is wearing. Brum gives chase, collecting the various pieces the mannequin loses, and brings the pieces, dress, and thief back to the store. As the store owners and police officer gratefully wave Brum goodbye, the mannequin turns her head as her own way of saying thanks to the little car.
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Brum / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
Brum / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: Oh, my wheels and wipers!
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Brum / int_ba0ff8e1	type	Action Figure Speech
Brum / int_ba0ff8e1	comment	Action Figure Speech: Brum often shows he's either speaking or expressing some sort of wild emotion (such as enthusiasm, excitement or panic) by bobbing his suspension, making him rock on both sides. At other times he spins his crank, extends his front flaps, sounds his horn and "waves" by opening and shutting his doors.
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Brum / int_d076824c	type	Every Episode Ending
Brum / int_d076824c	comment	Every Episode Ending: Whenever Brum returned to the museum from "Big Town", he would always have some kind of memento (be it given to him or left there by accident) in his back seat. The curator would then come along when closing up the museum for the day, notice the object in Brum's seat and do something with it (or just wonder how it got there).
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Brum / int_d32b4ca3	type	Pantomime Animal
Brum / int_d32b4ca3	comment	Pantomime Animal: A pantomime horse chases Brum all over the theatre in Opera. A pair of thieves also disguise themselves as a pantomime cow in Brum and the Pantomime Cow.
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Brum / int_ff70018b	type	Bragging Theme Tune
Brum / int_ff70018b	comment	Bragging Theme Tune: The 2001 revival's Ending Theme, where it describes Brum as "a crazy superstar" and a "superhero".
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

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Brum	hasFeature	The Shelf of Movie Languishment / int_8d7cfc8f

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