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Teletubbies

342 statements
66 feature instances
67 referencing feature instances

Teletubbies	type	TVTItem
Teletubbies	label	Teletubbies
Teletubbies	page	Teletubbies
Teletubbies	comment	Tinky Winky, (Tinky Winky!) Dipsy, (Dipsy!) Laa-Laa, (Laa Laa!) Po (Po!). Teletubbies! (Teletubbies!) Describe yourselves here! (Eh-Oh!)These four playful, cuddly, and giggly characters live in an astroturf paradise, surrounded by shower-head looking loudspeaker systems that rise from the ground, are surrounded by rabbits, and live with a robot vacuum cleaner called 'Noo-Noo'. Their only sustenance is toast and pink custard, and they all speak in baby talk. They have magical television screens on their stomachs, which receive signals from real children via their windmill transmitter when one of them picks up a broadcast via the antennae on their heads. And the sun is a baby's head.Teletubbies originated on The BBC in 1997, and proved to be popular worldwide. The show ended in 2001 with a whopping 365 episodes but was revived in 2015 on BBC yet again, and on Nickelodeon in the United States. On September 7th, 2022, it was announced that a US dub of the revival would be released onto Netflix on November 14th that year.
Teletubbies	fetched	2023-10-17T02:02:08Z
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Teletubbies	processingComment	Dropped link to TheLionKing1994: Not a Feature - ITEM
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Teletubbies	isPartOf	DBTropes
Teletubbies / int_1bb7211b	type	The Hyena
Teletubbies / int_1bb7211b	comment	The Hyena: Almost everyone, especially The Face of the Sun. Noo-Noo and the narrator are the exceptions, since Noo-Noo can't talk, and the narrator only tells the story that happens in each episode.
Teletubbies / int_1bb7211b	featureApplicability	1.0
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Teletubbies / int_1d9af117	type	Gender-Equal Ensemble
Teletubbies / int_1d9af117	comment	Gender-Equal Ensemble: There are 2 boys (Tinky-Winky and Dipsy) and 2 girls (Laa-Laa and Po). This remains the case in the reboot, adding 4 boys (Daa-Daa, Ba, RuRu, Duggle Dee) and 4 girls (Mi-Mi, Ping, Nin, Umby Pumby).
Teletubbies / int_1d9af117	featureApplicability	1.0
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Teletubbies / int_20b5cce7	type	"Do It Yourself" Theme Tune
Teletubbies / int_20b5cce7	comment	"Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: Honestly, what else can they sing?
Teletubbies / int_20b5cce7	featureApplicability	1.0
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Teletubbies / int_26ac510e	type	Mythology Gag
Teletubbies / int_26ac510e	comment	Mythology Gag: The reboot has tons of small references to the original show. The intro is essentially a shot-for-shot remake of the original opening. A few slight tweaks have been made, but they're not that noticeable. A few of the Hollywoodedge sound effects that were used in the original show are sprinkled in. Dipsy sings his hat song in "Favourite Things".
Teletubbies / int_26ac510e	featureApplicability	1.0
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Teletubbies / int_294ed981	type	Bilingual Bonus
Teletubbies / int_294ed981	comment	Bilingual Bonus: Po actually speaks Cantonese, a dialect of the Chinese language, at least in the original BBC broadcasts. This is most noticeable when she's riding her scooter (fi-dit and mon means fast and slow in Cantonese respectively). She has also been heard to count to three in Cantonese (yap, yi and sahm means one, two and three in Cantonese respectively). Po also means the action to hug in several Chinese dialects. Additionally, Tinky Winky can be heard with a heavy American accent in a lot of episodes of both the original series AND the reboot.
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Teletubbies / int_2d364c81	type	Tomboy and Girly Girl
Teletubbies / int_2d364c81	comment	Tomboy and Girly Girl: Po and Laa-Laa. Po is a Plucky Girl who loves riding her scooter and tends to be very brave while Laa-Laa is more gentle and motherly, and enjoys dancing in a skirt.
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Teletubbies / int_32821ceb	type	The Unintelligible
Teletubbies / int_32821ceb	comment	The Unintelligible: All four of them.
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Teletubbies / int_36ed3e1e	type	Ascended Meme
Teletubbies / int_36ed3e1e	comment	Ascended Meme: The official YouTube channel uploaded their own rare windmill clip. In reality, it's a clip from Chinese New Year with pre-recorded footage of a metal pinwheel and some cheap sparkle effects.
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Teletubbies / int_389b0e	type	Title Theme Tune
Teletubbies / int_389b0e	comment	Title Theme Tune: Honestly, what else can they sing?
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Teletubbies / int_38da8916	type	Uncommon Time
Teletubbies / int_38da8916	comment	Uncommon Time: The music that plays during the Magic Tree event is in 5/4 time.
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Teletubbies / int_3a88a563	type	Vocal Dissonance
Teletubbies / int_3a88a563	comment	Vocal Dissonance: Tinky Winky. His voice is very deep (courtesy of Mark Heenehan, and later by the late Simon Shelton). But have you ever heard a baby/toddler sound like him? Downplayed in the reboot where his voice is higher than ever (courtesy of Jeremiah Krage).
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Teletubbies / int_3b4f620a	type	No Fourth Wall
Teletubbies / int_3b4f620a	comment	No Fourth Wall: The Teletubbies often times greet the audience and interact with the narrator, sometimes refusing to do what the Narrator tells them to do. During one episode, the narrator said, "One day, in Teletubbyland, Laa-Laa uses the watering can." Laa-Laa giggled, and then said the exact same thing', including the "One day" part.
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Teletubbies / int_42008602	type	Story Arc
Teletubbies / int_42008602	comment	Story Arc: "Christmas Tree", "Making Christmas Cards", "Crackers", and "Christmas Carols" have an overarching story of a Christmas Tree appearing in Teletubbyland, and one of the Teletubbies opening their presents. In the US, these episodes were put into a 2-Pack VHS release titled "Merry Christmas, Teletubbies!". The episodes "Christmas in South Africa", "Christmas in Finland", "Christmas in the UK", "Christmas in Spain", and "Nativity Play" have a story of snow falling in Teletubbyland and the Teletubbies discovering and playing in the snow for the first time. Additionally, the episodes' Tummy Tales segments are all centered around showcasing different holiday traditions from around the world. The episodes were also later released in a 2-Pack VHS and DVD release called "Teletubbies and the Snow" (renamed "Teletubbies: Christmas in the Snow" in the US).
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Teletubbies / int_43dc74d0	type	Sensitive Guy and Manly Man
Teletubbies / int_43dc74d0	comment	Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Tinky-Winky and Dipsy. Tinky-Winky is a Gentle Giant who is has a strong feminine side and loves dancing in a skirt and carrying his handbag while Dipsy is more stubborn and serious when it comes to new things and is very Hot-Blooded.
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Teletubbies / int_47731a7d	type	Anonymous Band
Teletubbies / int_47731a7d	comment	Anonymous Band: The jazz group that performed nursery rhyme covers in certain Tummy Tales segments is a legit band named King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys. Unfortunately, they went uncredited in the episodes they appeared in.
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Teletubbies / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Teletubbies / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Noo-Noo. He can get up to no good at times and can suck up the Teletubbies' things and run away with them, but he always gives them back in the end.
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Teletubbies / int_4cdcba84	type	Bunnies for Cuteness
Teletubbies / int_4cdcba84	comment	Bunnies for Cuteness: Brown rabbits serve as background characters in the show, mostly for establishing shots.
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Teletubbies / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
Teletubbies / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line:
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Teletubbies / int_4f6d87f7	type	Huge Guy, Tiny Girl
Teletubbies / int_4f6d87f7	comment	Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Tinky-Winky and Po. The two are frequently seen together and the former is the biggest and oldest Teletubby, while the latter is the smallest and youngest.
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Teletubbies / int_4fbb259e	type	The Kiddie Ride
Teletubbies / int_4fbb259e	comment	The Kiddie Ride: There's two fashioned after the Tubbytronic Superdome, and another after Noo-Noo.
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Teletubbies / int_4ff6f484	type	Trash the Set
Teletubbies / int_4ff6f484	comment	Trash the Set: Teletubbyland was built on the spot of a farmer's field in Warwickshire, who only allowed them to use the spot for a certain amount of time, so when that time was up, the producers had to dismantle the set quick, fast, and in a hurry. This may, or may not, explain why in later episodes, newly created footage simply featured the Teletubbies in blank, solid-colored screens. Even after the set was taken down, so many curious tourists trespassed on his property to see where it was set up that the farmer eventually flooded the entire area to deter any further intrusions.
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Teletubbies / int_52989fee	type	Narrator
Teletubbies / int_52989fee	comment	Narrator: Very important, since the Teletubbies themselves can't talk comprehensibly.
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Teletubbies / int_54243cf7	type	Parrot Exposition
Teletubbies / int_54243cf7	comment	Parrot Exposition: This is all the Teletubbies are capable of in terms of exposition.
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Teletubbies / int_5d777251	type	That's All, Folks!
Teletubbies / int_5d777251	comment	"Time for Tubby Bye-bye!"
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Teletubbies / int_65bc92fc	type	Four-Temperament Ensemble
Teletubbies / int_65bc92fc	comment	Four-Temperament Ensemble: Tinky-Winky (phlegmatic), Dipsy (melancholic), Laa-Laa (sanguine) and Po (choleric).
Teletubbies / int_65bc92fc	featureApplicability	1.0
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Teletubbies / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
Teletubbies / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: They all have TVs on their stomachs, hence the "tele". As for "tubbies", well they are pretty fat (and the stomach thing again). Though, in the reboot, they're stomachs work more like tablets, with a YouTube-styled play button appearing before the transmission starts. Dipsy has a meaningful name in his own right - it comes from the antenna on his head, which bears a resemblance to a dipstick.
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Teletubbies / int_6ef9d3fe	type	Christmas Episode
Teletubbies / int_6ef9d3fe	comment	Christmas Episode: "Christmas in South Africa", "Christmas in Finland", "Christmas in the UK", and "Christmas in Spain" are episodes that share two common themes. Those being that, they're all snow episodes, and the Tummy Tales segments showcase different Christmas traditions from around the world. There's a four episode Story Arc where a fully decorated Christmas tree appears in Teletubbyland, and each of the Teletubbies, in separate episodes, find a present under the tree; likewise, the footage they watch in Tummy Tales is of kids doing fun things for the holidays.
Teletubbies / int_6ef9d3fe	featureApplicability	1.0
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Teletubbies / int_71642c70	type	Viewers Are Goldfish
Teletubbies / int_71642c70	comment	Viewers Are Goldfish: "Again, again again!"
Teletubbies / int_71642c70	featureApplicability	1.0
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Teletubbies / int_737394ab	type	Iconic Item
Teletubbies / int_737394ab	comment	Iconic Item: Tinky-Winky has his infamous purse, Dipsy has a cow-print hat, Laa-Laa has a big orange ball, and Po has her scooter.
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Teletubbies / int_7426582d	type	Token Minority
Teletubbies / int_7426582d	comment	Token Minority: Word of God is that Dipsy is black and Po is Chinese. If you look closely, Dipsy's skin color (on his face) is actually slightly darker than all the rest. It was a stunt actor allusion as well: Dipsy and Po's actors are black and Chinese in Real Life as well.
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Teletubbies / int_767caf1f	type	Multiple Demographic Appeal
Teletubbies / int_767caf1f	comment	Multiple Demographic Appeal: Although targeted at pre-schoolers, much older kids seemed to watch this show as well... mostly out of irony, probably. It even had a cult following amongst adults for a while.
Teletubbies / int_767caf1f	featureApplicability	1.0
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Teletubbies / int_7896ecc3	type	Perpetual Smiler
Teletubbies / int_7896ecc3	comment	Perpetual Smiler: Everyone - the Teletubbies, the baby in the sun...
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Teletubbies / int_7d49d74a	type	Cultural Translation
Teletubbies / int_7d49d74a	comment	Cultural Translation: In some countries, the title has a the added at the beginning of it, such as in France.
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Teletubbies / int_8183248	type	Never Mess with Granny
Teletubbies / int_8183248	comment	Never Mess with Granny: The Polish bear and the Funny Lady.
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Teletubbies / int_82a60dce	type	Signature Laugh
Teletubbies / int_82a60dce	comment	Signature Laugh: Again, referring to the fact that they find everything hilarious, all four of them have one. Tinky Winky's laugh is the closest to sounding normal, however, he'll often chuckle when even saying something! This chuckle is heard frequently when he speaks, "Hoo hoo! Hoo hoo hoo!" However, it can also be heard like this: "Huhuhuh!Huhuhuhuhuhu! Dipsy has a fast paced "Heeheeheeheeheehee!" Laa-Laa's fast paced giggle. Po's soft snicker-like giggle.
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Teletubbies / int_8411ab92	type	Red Oni, Blue Oni
Teletubbies / int_8411ab92	comment	Red Oni, Blue Oni: Tinky-Winky and Po are Blue and Red, respectively, with Tinky-Winky's gentle and delicate nature contrasting with Po's more high-spirited and boisterous one. Tinky-Winky is also the Blue to Dipsy's Red. Dipsy, however, is the Blue himself to Laa-Laa's Red, being a bit of a stubborn introvert when compared to Laa-Laa's cheerful people-orientedness. Laa-Laa's carefree Cloudcuckoolander nature usually makes her the Blue to Po's pluckier, more ambitious Red.
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Teletubbies / int_84c5ec0b	type	Free-Range Children
Teletubbies / int_84c5ec0b	comment	Free-Range Children: They're supposed to be babies (just like the Target Audience), yet they live on their own with no parental care or supervision. May be justified, as they seem to be some kind of aliens; whatever species they are apparently has very precocious offspring (and a lot of help from technology), and therefore little to no need for parental involvement.
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Teletubbies / int_85debad9	type	Plucky Girl
Teletubbies / int_85debad9	comment	Laa-Laa's carefree Cloudcuckoolander nature usually makes her the Blue to Po's pluckier, more ambitious Red.
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Teletubbies / int_88359b23	type	Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy
Teletubbies / int_88359b23	comment	Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Po and Tinky-Winky.
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Teletubbies / int_8d4799d1	type	Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl
Teletubbies / int_8d4799d1	comment	Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Dipsy and Laa-Laa.
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Teletubbies / int_8f4822fd	type	The Great Flood
Teletubbies / int_8f4822fd	comment	The Great Flood: In one of the Magical Events, most of Teletubbyland floods, and three ocean liners come to sail on the new ocean.
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Teletubbies / int_9f240209	type	Gag Dub
Teletubbies / int_9f240209	comment	Gag Dub: The Bear and the Lion - the Slovak Lion is a chatterbox, the Finnish Lion is a crazy lunatic, the Finnish bear is Carribean, the Flemish Bear is a nerd, the Flemish Lion has a sore throat, and the Polish bear is an old woman.
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Teletubbies / int_a0955420	type	She's a Man in Japan
Teletubbies / int_a0955420	comment	She's a Man in Japan: Thought the Bear was female? Well, in the Italian, Slovak, Swedish, Chinese and Korean dubs, she's a male. While both dubs alternated between the two, most of the voice trumpets in the US dub were given female voices, unlike the original UK version where it's mostly male voices.
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Teletubbies / int_a4414a05	type	Adaptation Dye-Job
Teletubbies / int_a4414a05	comment	Adaptation Dye-Job: Noo-Noo was changed from blue to orange in the reboot, likely to make chroma keying him easier.
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Teletubbies / int_aac4eeae	type	Same Language Dub
Teletubbies / int_aac4eeae	comment	Same Language Dub: An American dub was produced for PBS.
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Teletubbies / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Teletubbies / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: A rare example occurs during the episode "Tweet, Tweet" where a butterfly that has been going around Teletubbyland lands on the end of Noo-Noo's nose - it's one of the few moments in the show where it's possible that something really bad could happen. It turns out okay, though.
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Teletubbies / int_af8838cb	type	Sneeze of Doom
Teletubbies / int_af8838cb	comment	Sneeze of Doom: One episode contains an averted example of this trope - a butterfly is in Teletubbyland, and it has been going around landing on things - Laa-Laa's hand, Dipsy's arm, Po's scooter, and head, Tinky-Winky's bag, the table, and finally, the end of Noo-Noo's nose. What follows the last one is a long Oh, Crap! moment: the Teletubbies all say "Uh-oh!" as would be expected, Noo-Noo's nose starts to sway from side to side and starts to twitch faster and faster as everyone waits for the sneeze, it happens, and ... the butterfly leaves the house unharmed.
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Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_af8838cb
Teletubbies / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
Teletubbies / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: A lot. They say their own name. "Over the hills and far away, Teletubbies come to play." "One day, in Teletubbyland..." "Something appeared from far away." "Teletubbies love each other very much." "Eh-oh!" "Uh-oh!" "Naughty Noo-Noo!" "Again, again!" "All gone!" "Big Hug!" "Time for Teletubbies." "Time for Tubby Bye-bye!" Laa-Laa has "Bibbaly cheese!" whenever she's frustrated. Sometimes they'll say their name along with their favorite thing, for instance "Tinky Winky bag!" and "Dipsy hat!" They'll often sing a song while out for a walk, like for instance, Tinky Winky, who sings "Pinkle winkle Tinky Winky!" Po often says "Fi-dit!" and "Mon!" when she rides her scooter.
Teletubbies / int_b01abe4f	featureApplicability	1.0
Teletubbies / int_b01abe4f	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_b01abe4f
Teletubbies / int_b58b7975	type	Kindhearted Simpleton
Teletubbies / int_b58b7975	comment	Kindhearted Simpleton: Tinky-Winky, Dipsy and Laa-Laa certainly have enough naivety and indifference to fit this trope, having the simple mind of a young child. Po, not so much, since she does have a bit of an intelligent side to her.
Teletubbies / int_b58b7975	featureApplicability	1.0
Teletubbies / int_b58b7975	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_b58b7975
Teletubbies / int_b9d334b2	type	Aerith and Bob
Teletubbies / int_b9d334b2	comment	Aerith and Bob: Laa-Laa's name is patterned after Nala from The Lion King (1994). With all their bizarre names, Po is the closest one to sounding normal.
Teletubbies / int_b9d334b2	featureApplicability	1.0
Teletubbies / int_b9d334b2	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_b9d334b2
Teletubbies / int_bd8c1248	type	Fleeting Demographic Rule
Teletubbies / int_bd8c1248	comment	Fleeting Demographic Rule: Variant. 365 episodes were made with no defined Pilot and Grand Finale; this meant that either children would outgrow the show before they started to notice reruns between 1997 and 2001, or stop watching because the vignettes made kids crap themselves.
Teletubbies / int_bd8c1248	featureApplicability	1.0
Teletubbies / int_bd8c1248	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_bd8c1248
Teletubbies / int_c4d09d24	type	Couch Gag
Teletubbies / int_c4d09d24	comment	Couch Gag: The last Teletubby that jumps out of Home Dome in the intro is always different. Sometimes it coincides with the episode's theme (such as in Colors - Purple, where Tinky Winky came out last), while most of the time, it's random. This also applies to what happens at the end of every episode after the first time the narrator says bye-bye to each Teletubby. One random Teletubby will pop back up from the hill and say "Boo!" then burst out laughing, and the others follow. But the boo shouter is always different.
Teletubbies / int_c4d09d24	featureApplicability	1.0
Teletubbies / int_c4d09d24	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_c4d09d24
Teletubbies / int_cacf4db7	type	Theme Tune Roll Call
Teletubbies / int_cacf4db7	comment	Theme Tune Roll Call: Honestly, what else can they sing?
Teletubbies / int_cacf4db7	featureApplicability	1.0
Teletubbies / int_cacf4db7	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_cacf4db7
Teletubbies / int_cb48e8db	type	The Face of the Sun
Teletubbies / int_cb48e8db	comment	The Face of the Sun: The sun has a giggling baby for a face.
Teletubbies / int_cb48e8db	featureApplicability	1.0
Teletubbies / int_cb48e8db	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_cb48e8db
Teletubbies / int_ce6555f0	type	Lighter and Softer
Teletubbies / int_ce6555f0	comment	Lighter and Softer: The edited version of The Lion and Bear Magical Event is this compared to the original version. The Lion and Bear sound more cheerful and silly, the music is more upbeat and the sketch uses various sound effects throughout.
Teletubbies / int_ce6555f0	featureApplicability	1.0
Teletubbies / int_ce6555f0	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_ce6555f0
Teletubbies / int_cf1845d7	type	Yellow/Purple Contrast
Teletubbies / int_cf1845d7	comment	Yellow/Purple Contrast: Between Laa-Laa and Tinky Winky respectively. Laa-Laa is very bubbly with an outgoing nature, while Tinky-Winky is more of a Gentle Giant who is calmer in contrast.
Teletubbies / int_cf1845d7	featureApplicability	1.0
Teletubbies / int_cf1845d7	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_cf1845d7
Teletubbies / int_d0c9634e	type	Animals Not to Scale
Teletubbies / int_d0c9634e	comment	Animals Not to Scale: Because the Teletubby costumes were huge (ten feet tall), and the setting had to be built to scale, the rabbits that were brought in to populate Teletubbyland were Flemish Giants, which are famous for being much larger than most other breeds, to de-emphasize the size of the costumes.
Teletubbies / int_d0c9634e	featureApplicability	1.0
Teletubbies / int_d0c9634e	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_d0c9634e
Teletubbies / int_e3226029	type	Bag of Holding
Teletubbies / int_e3226029	comment	Bag of Holding: Tinky Winky's bag can hold almost anything, though it becomes heavy. This is more than likely the reason the show refers to it as a "magic bag".
Teletubbies / int_e3226029	featureApplicability	1.0
Teletubbies / int_e3226029	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_e3226029
Teletubbies / int_e34400ab	type	Ambiguously Gay
Teletubbies / int_e34400ab	comment	Ambiguously Gay: Tinky Winky is purple, carries a bag around, and has an inverted triangle for an antenna. Though these are most likely coincidences and the creators even denying this, it didn't stop him from being embraced by the LGBT community in the late 1990s as an icon. Even today, he's still seen as this by many fans.
Teletubbies / int_e34400ab	featureApplicability	1.0
Teletubbies / int_e34400ab	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_e34400ab
Teletubbies / int_e58e0124	type	PokÃ©mon Speak
Teletubbies / int_e58e0124	comment	They say their own name.
Teletubbies / int_e58e0124	featureApplicability	1.0
Teletubbies / int_e58e0124	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_e58e0124
Teletubbies / int_e63fa5f9	type	Red/Green Contrast
Teletubbies / int_e63fa5f9	comment	Red/Green Contrast: Between Po and Dipsy respectively. Po is energetic, lively, and the bravest Teletubby, while Dipsy contrasts with his calmer, stubborn, and more serious attitude.
Teletubbies / int_e63fa5f9	featureApplicability	1.0
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Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_e63fa5f9
Teletubbies / int_eac3ee70	type	April Fools' Day
Teletubbies / int_eac3ee70	comment	April Fools' Day: The official YouTube channel sometimes does this. They'll upload a video claiming it's a Missing Episode or a special, only to then turn out to be something Boohbah related, plugging that official channel afterwards.
Teletubbies / int_eac3ee70	featureApplicability	1.0
Teletubbies / int_eac3ee70	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_eac3ee70
Teletubbies / int_f2e08db0	type	ColourCodedCharacters
Teletubbies / int_f2e08db0	comment	Colour-Coded Characters: Tinky Winky is purple, Dipsy is green, Laa-Laa is yellow and Po is red.
Teletubbies / int_f2e08db0	featureApplicability	1.0
Teletubbies / int_f2e08db0	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_f2e08db0
Teletubbies / int_f511ea9b	type	Product Placement
Teletubbies / int_f511ea9b	comment	Product Placement: Skype is used in the Tummy Tales segment for "Say Hello".
Teletubbies / int_f511ea9b	featureApplicability	1.0
Teletubbies / int_f511ea9b	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_f511ea9b
Teletubbies / int_f9cc3ee0	type	Group Hug
Teletubbies / int_f9cc3ee0	comment	Group Hug: The Teletubbies frequently share one.
Teletubbies / int_f9cc3ee0	featureApplicability	1.0
Teletubbies / int_f9cc3ee0	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_f9cc3ee0
Teletubbies / int_name	type	ItemName
Teletubbies / int_name	comment
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Teletubbies / int_name	featureConfidence	1.0
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Teletubbies / int_name
Teletubbies / int_name	itemName	Teletubbies

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Teletubbies	hasFeature	Dueling Dubs / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Entertainment Below Their Age / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Even the Subtitler Is Stumped / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Every Episode Ending / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Everyone Is Satan in Hell / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Fight Fur Your Right to Party / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Flight / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Forced Perspective / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Gang of Critters / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Gender-Equal Ensemble / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Gratuitous Foreign Language / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Group Hug / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Holiday Episode / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Iconic Item / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Inappropriate Speak-and-Spell / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Interactive Narrator / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Kids' Meal Toy / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Kids' Show Mascot Parody / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Memetic Psychopath / int_9e6d1645
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Teletubbies	hasFeature	One-Hit Wonder / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Parental Bonus / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Periphery Demographic / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Periphery Hatedom / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Preschool Show / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Projectile Toast / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Re-Cut / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Remade for the Export / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Rhyming Names / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Scary Dogmatic Aliens / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Series Hiatus / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Series of the 2000s / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Sinister Sentient Sun / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Sleeper Hit / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Stock Sound Effects / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	That's All, Folks! / int_9e6d1645
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Teletubbies	hasFeature	The Face of the Sun / int_9e6d1645
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Teletubbies	hasFeature	Theme Tune Roll Call / int_9e6d1645
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Teletubbies	hasFeature	Triangle Shades / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Uncommon Time / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Unmanly Secret / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Vacation, Dear Boy / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Viewer Pronunciation Confusion / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Viewers Are Goldfish / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	What Do You Mean, It's Not Political? / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	Who Shot JFK? / int_9e6d1645
Teletubbies	hasFeature	You Will Be Spared / int_9e6d1645
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Fimbles	seeAlso	Teletubbies
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